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BEAKER.,    UUTCH^    J.6t6C'.- . -LENT   BY   FIRST  REFORMED 
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The  Metropolitan  Museum 
of  Art 

CArALOGUE 

of  an  Exhibition  of 

Used  in  New  York 

New  Jersey 

and   the 

South 


With  a  Note  on  Early  New 

York   Silversmiths   by 

R.  71  Haines  Halsey 

New  York 

November  6  to  December  31 

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COPYRIGHT   (introduction),  NOVEMBER,  19x1 
by 

R.   T.   HAINES   HALSEY 
COPYRIGHT,    NOVEMBER,    19H 

by 

THE  METROPOLITAN   MUSEUM  OF  ART 


rO  an  earnest  desire  on  the  part  of 
the  Colonial  Dames  of  the  State  of 
New  York  for  due  appreciation  and 
preservation  of  the  early  silver  used  in  New 
Tork,  New  Jersey,  and  the  South  the  collec- 
tion here  catalogued  is  due.  By  their  zeal 
and  energy  it  has  been  obtained  and  brought 
together  for  exhibition  in  The  Metropolitan 
Museum  of  Art.  The  Trustees  of  the  Mu- 
seum join  with  the  Colonial  Dames  in  ex- 
pressing their  gratitude  to  the  lenders,  both 
private  individuals  and  church  authorities, 
whose  generous  cooperation  has  made  such  an 
exhibition  possible,  and  to  Mr,  R.  T.  Haines 
Hals ey  for  invaluable  help. 


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LIST    OF    LENDERS 


INDIVIDUALS 

Mrs.  Elihu  Chauncey,  No.  124. 

Judge  A.  T.  Clearwater,  Nos.  13,  89. 

Mrs.  George  S.  DeWitt,  Nos.  33,  34,  65. 

Stanley  M.  Dexter,  No.  72. 

Herbert  Dupuy,  Nos.  41,  140. 

Mrs.  Richard  S.  Ely,  Nos.  18,  90. 

Mrs.  Robert  Temple  Emmet,  No.  24. 

R.  T.  Haines  Halsey,  Nos.  12,  16,  17,  29,  31,  32, 

43,  44,  51,  53-56,  60,  67-69,  71,  75-78,  80-83,  85, 

86,  94,  96,  97,  99,  106-108,  120-122,   125,  126, 

128,  132,  134,  137,  138. 
Luke  Vincent  Lockwood,  Nos.   10,  61,  74,   104, 

131,  133- 
Mrs.  Eldridge  Palmer,  No.  113. 
George  S.  Palmer,  Nos.  93,  100. 
Judge  Charles  W.  Parker,  No.  103. 
Mrs.  Robert  Remsen,  Nos.  ii,  15,  27,  102. 
Mrs.  T.  J.  Oakley  Rhinelander,  No.  141. 
Mrs.  William  Rhinelander,  No.  hi. 
J.  H.  Uhl,  No.  73. 

Professor  Theodore  S.  Woolsey,  No.  35. 

Hi 


LIST    OF    LENDERS 


CHURCHES 

NEW  YORK  CITY 

Church  of  Zion  and  Saint  Timothy,  Nos. 

36,  45,  46,  48. 
Collegiate  Reformed  Church,  Nos.  3,  4,  8, 

21,  28,  30,  42,  50,  52,  70,  117. 
First  Presbyterian  Church,  Nos.  52.  i,  52.  2, 

82.  I,  85.  I,  130.  I,  136.  1-8. 
Harlem  Reformed  Church,  Nos.  166,  167. 
South  Reformed  Church,  No.  119. 
Trinity  Church,  Nos.  92,  95,  146-154,  158- 

160,  164. 

NEW  YORK  STATE 

BusHwiCK     Reformed     Church,     Brooklyn, 

No.  49. 
Flatbush  Reformed  Church,  Brooklyn,  Nos. 

84,  118. 
Flatlands  Reformed  Church,  Brooklyn,  No. 

22. 
New  Utrecht  Reformed  Church,  Brooklyn, 

No.  25. 
Saint  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn,  Nos.  no,  135, 

136. 


List  of  Lenders 


NEW   YORK   STATE  {Continued) 
Rochester  Church,  Accord,  No.  9. 
First  Reformed  Church,  Albany,  Nos.  2,  66. 
Saint  Matthew's  Church,  Bedford,  No.  79. 
Reformed  Church,  Claverack,  No.  92.  i. 
Saint  George's  Church,  Hempstead,  Nos.  loi, 

142,  144. 
Grace  Church,  Jamaica,  Nos.  62,   172. 
First  Reformed  Church,  Kingston,  Nos.  26, 

139. 
Saint  James'  Church,  Newtown,  Nos.   114- 

116. 
Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie,  No.  47. 
Christ  Church,  Rye,  No.  143. 
Caroline    Church,    Setauket,    Nos.     116. 2- 

116.  4. 
Presbyterian  Church,  Setauket,  No.  127. 
First    Presbyterian    Church,    Southampton, 

Nos.  64,  123. 
First   Presbyterian   Church,   Southold,   No. 

105. 
First    Reformed   Church,   Tarrytown,    Nos. 

4.  I,  26.  I,  116.  I. 
Saint  John's  Church,  Yonkers,  Nos.  129,  130. 

NEW  JERSEY 

Saint   Mary's   Church,    Burlington,   Nos.    i, 

155,  161,  168. 
Bergen  Reformed  Church,  Jersey  City,  No. 

23. 


vi  List  of  Lenders 

NEW  JERSEY  {Continued) 

Trinity  Church,  Newark,  Nos.  57-59. 
Saint  Peter's   Church,   Perth  Amboy,   Nos. 

162,  163. 
First  Presbyterian  Church^  Rahway,  No. 

169. 
Reformed  Church,  Readington,  No.  98. 
Amwell  First  Presbyterian  Church,  Rea- 

vllle,  No.  37. 
Saint  John's  Church,  Salem,  No.  74.  i. 
Christ  Church,  Shrewsbury,  No.  112. 
Trinity  Church,  Swedesboro,  No.  165. 
First  Presbyterian  Church,  Trenton,  No.  7. 
Connecticut  Farms  Presbyterian  Church, 

Union,  No.  170. 

DELAWARE 

Christ  Church,  Dover,  Nos.  87,  88. 

Saint  Peter's  Church,  Lewes,  Nos.  38,  39,  40. 

Holy  Trinity  Church,  Wilmington,  Nos.  5,  6. 

KENTUCKY 

First  Presbyterian  Church,  Frankfort,  Nos. 
19,  20,  109. 

VIRGINIA 

Christ  Church,  Bruton  Parish,  Williamsburg, 
Nos.  145,  157,  171. 


TABLE     OF    CONTENTS 


PAGE 

Note  of  Acknowledgment 

List  of  Lenders ii 

Contents vi 

Illustrations ix 

Early  New   York   Silversmiths,   by   R.   T. 

Haines  Halsey xiii 

Catalogue  of  Dutch  Silver 3^^ 

Catalogue  of  Swedish  Silver 7 

Catalogue  of  American  Silver 9- 

Catalogue  of  English  Silver 69. 


X  List  of  Illustrations 


FACING 
PAGE 


Chalice,  Flagon,  and  Alms  Basin,  by  John 
David.  Lent  by  Saint  Peter's  Church, 
Lewes,  Delaware 20 

Beaker,  by  Garrett  Onclebagh.  Lent  by  the  Re- 
formed Church,  Flatbush,  Long  Island    .     .     40 

Beaker,  by  Joel  Sayre.     Lent  by  the  Reformed 

Church,  Readington,  New  Jersey    ....     46 

Beaker,   by   N.   VR.     Lent   by   the   Reformed 

Church,  Flatbush,  Long  Island      ....     56 

Baptismal  Basin,  by  Jacobus  Van  der  Spiegel. 
Lent  by  the  South  Reformed  Church,  New 
York 58 

Mugs,  by  Peter  Van  Dyck.  Lent  by  the  First 
Presbyterian  Church,  Southampton,  Long 
Island 60 

Cup  with  two  Handles,  by  Peter  Van  Dyck. 
Lent  by  the  Presbyterian  Church,  Setauket, 
Long  Island 60 

Beaker,  by  Benjamin  Wynkoop.  Lent  by  the 
First  Reformed  Church,  Kingston,  New 
York 66 

Chalice  with  Paten-cover,  dated  1612.  Lent 
by  Saint  Peter's  Church,  Perth  Amboy,  New 
Jersey 69 

Chalice  with  Paten-cover,  by  John  Eastt. 
Lent  by  Saint  George's  Church,  Hempstead, 
Long  Island 70 


List  of  Illustrations  xi 

FACING 
PAGE 

Silver  presented  by  William  and  Mary. 
Lent  by  the  Corporation  of  Trinity  Church, 
New  York 72 

Silver  presented  by  George  III.    Lent  by  the 

Corporation  of  Trinity  Church,  New  York  .     74 

Silver  presented  by  Queen  Anne.  Lent  by 
the  Corporation  of  Trinity  Church,  New 
York 76 

Cup,  by  Peter  Harache.     Lent  by  Bruton  Parish 

Church,  Williamsburg,  Virginia     ....     78 

Paten,  by  Richard  Gurney  &  Company.  Lent 
by  Bruton  Parish  Church,  Williamsburg, 
Virginia 78 

Chalice  with  Paten-cover,  by  L  S.  Lent  by 
Saint  Peter's  Church,  Perth  Amboy,  New 
Jersey 78 

Chalice  with  Paten-cover,  by  L  W.  Lent 
by  Bruton  Parish  Church,  Williamsburg, 
Virginia 82 

Chalice  with  Paten-cover,  by  John  Wisdome. 

Lent  by  Grace  Churchy  Jamaica,  Long  Island     84 


ILLUSTRATIONS  IN  THE  TEXT 

Detail  of  engraving  on  beakers  by  Dutch  silver- 
smiths     xvi 

Detail  of  engraving  on  beakers  by  Hendrik  Boelen    xvi 


xii  List  of  Illustrations 


FACING 
PAGE 


Details   of   engraving  on   beakers   by  Ahasuerus 

Hendricks  and  Garrett  Onclebagh  .     .     .     .  xvi 

Details  of  engraving  on  beakers  by  an  unknown 

American  maker  and  by  Benjamin  Wynkoop  xvii 

Inscription  on  Dutch  beaker,  1660 4 

Coat  of  arms,  engraved  by  Thomas  Hamersly  .     .  31 

Coat  of  arms,  engraved  by  Peter  Quintard  .  ,  43 
Wendell  coat  of  arms,  engraved  by  Peter  Van 

Dyck 59 

Engraving  by  Benjamin  Wynkoop 67 

English  Royal  arms  with  cipher  of  George  III     .  72 

English  Royal  arms  w^ith  cipher  of  Queen  Anne  73 
English  Royal  arms  vi^ith  cipher  of  William  and 

Mary 74 

Inscription,  1612  EH 80 

Inscription  on  chalice,  1661 83 

Coat  of  arms  engraved  by  Frangois  Butty  and 

Nicholas   Dumee 85 


EARLY   NEW   YORK 

BY 

R.  T.    HAINES    HALSEY 


EARLT 
NEW    YORK 

iltjersmitijs; 


NOTE 


THE  abundance  and  widespread  ownership  of 
plate  in  America  in  the  seventeenth  and 
eighteenth  centuries  is  testified  to  in  the 
wills  and  inventories  of  that  period.  The  trade  of 
the  silversmith  was  well  developed  and  lucrative,  as 
in  the  absence  of  banks  of  deposit  our  forefathers 
hoarded  their  coin  in  manufactured  form,  thereby  add- 
ing to  the  luxury  of  living.  Most  of  this  early  plate 
was  fashioned  into  simple  forms  and  naturally  was 
returned  to  the  melting-pot  when  some  necessity  for 
funds  arose. 

Jamestown  had  its  silversmith,  Thomas  Howard, 
whose  name  appears  on  the  register  of  the  Virginia 
Company  of  1620.  Research  has,  as  yet,  failed  to  dis- 
cover any  example  of  his  handicraft.  To  the  excellent 
craftsmanship  of  the  silversmiths  working  in  Boston 
throughout  the  last  half  of  the  seventeenth  century  the 
many  heirlooms  and  pieces  of  ecclesiastical  plate  still 
in  existence  bear  witness. 

In  New  York,  on  the  contrary,  comparatively  few 
pieces  of  the  work  of  the  early  local  silversmiths  are 


/ 


xiv     Early  ^(tD  ^0t6  Silversmiths 

now  to  be  found.  Therefore,  this  exhibition  of  early 
plate  owned  by  our  Knickerbocker  churches,  and  of 
domestic  silver  made  by  the  silversmiths  of  New  York, 
must  necessarily  be  limited  in  quantity,  and  has  been 
gathered  only  with  the  greatest  difficulty. 

Conditions  in  this  vicinity  in  the  seventaenth  cen- 
tury gave  slight  encouragement  to  our  silversmiths. 
There  was  little  material  for  them  to  fashion,  and  the 
market  for  their  wares  was  largely  local.  The  policy 
of  the  directors  of  the  Dutch  West  India  Company  in 
restricting  the  trade  of  New  Amsterdam  to  Holland, 
cut  oflF  the  profitable  commerce  with  the  English  and 
Spanish  colonies  to  the  south,  which  brought  such  an 
influx  of  coin  to  New  England,  thereby  enabling  the 
establishing  of  a  mint  in  Boston  in  1652,  and  furnish- 
ing a  supply  for  the  melting-pots  of  the  silversmiths. 
As  long  as  the  Dutch  remained  in  possession  here,  and 
almost  to  the  dawn  of  the  eighteenth  century,  there 
was  a  dearth  of  coin ;  whatever  silver  drifted  into  the 
province  quickly  flowed  out.  Trade  was  carried  on 
largely  by  barter.  In  the  absence  of  coin,  beaver  skins 
formed  the  local  standard  of  value,  wampum  the  cus- 
tomary medium  of  exchange,  and  payments  were  fre- 
quently accepted  in  produce  of  various  kinds. 
^  Another  reason  for  the  comparative  rarity  of  an- 
cient plate  made  in  New  York  is  that  at  no  time  prior 
to  the  Revolution  did  our  local  silversmiths  enjoy  the 
lavish  patronage  which  was  bestowed  upon  their  Bos- 
ton brethren.  The  population  of  the  province  of  New 
York  during  the  colonial  period  at  no  time  equaled 
one  quarter  of  that  of  New  England,  and  its  trade 
was  almost  purely  provincial,  owing  to  the  political 
conditions  existing  in  America  before  the  Revolution. 


Early  l^^tD  ^Otfe  Silversmiths      xv 

Boston  controlled  New  England's  trade  even  to  the 
very  borders  of  New  York. 

The  contrast  between  the  abundance  of  old  plate 
made  by  Boston  silversmiths  still  to  be  found  in  the 
cities  and  hamlets  of  Connecticut,  and  the  scarcity  of 
silver  made  by  New  York's  craftsmen,  can  be  explained 
only  by  the  lasting  influence  of  the  short-lived  New 
England  Confederacy  of  1643,  composed  of  the  four 
colonies  of  Massachusetts  Bay,  Plymouth,  Connecticut, 
and  New  Haven,  which  was  formed  for  mutual  pro- 
tection against  the  Indians,  as  well  as  against  their 
Dutch  neighbors  in  New  York.  Long  after  the  Eng- 
lish government  dissolved  this  first  attempt  at  combi- 
nation between  the  colonies,  the  influence  of  it  re- 
mained, and  there  was  but  little  commercial  intercourse 
between  the  people  of  Calvinistic  New  England  and 
the  New  Yorkers,  with  their  strong  Dutch  and  Angli- 
can church  leanings — proximity  to  market  counting 
for  nothing  in  the  face  of  such  political  and  religious 
traditions. 

It  is  but  natural  that  the  work  of  the  earliest  New 
York  silversmiths,  turned  out  in  the  face  of  such  disad- 
vantages, should  be  rather  primitive,  and  fail  to  dis- 
close the  highly  developed  aesthetic  craftsmanship  of 
many  of  the  pieces  made  in  Boston. 

While  the  plate  hammered  out  by  our  local  silver- 
smiths in  the  last  half  of  the  eighteenth  century  fol- 
lowed closely  the  changing  fashions  of  the  English 
silversmiths,  and  contained  the  qualities  of  careful 
craftsmanship  for  which  the  period  is  noted,  the  earlier 
silver  showed  a  decided  Dutch  influence. 

In  New  England  the  various  communion  services  of 
native   manufacture  were   composed  of   miscellaneous 


xvi     Early  jBetP  gOtfe  Silversmiths 

beakers,  tankards,  and  caudle  cups,  and  occasionally 
standing  cups;  in  old  New  York,  however,  beakers 
alone  were  used  for  the  communion.  They  were,  in 
form  and  decoration,  close  copies  of  those  sent  out  from 
Holland,  examples  of  which  are  to  be  found  in  this  ex- 
hibition. Careful  comparison  demonstrates  that  in  the 
fashioning  of  these  the  Knickerbocker  silversmiths  were 
in  no  way  inferior  to  their  brothers  in  Holland.  The 
engraving  which  lavishly  decorates  many  of  the  pieces, 
was,  as  a  rule,  the  work  of  less  practised  hands. 

The  tankards  were  especially  fine.  In  form  they 
followed  closely  the  seventeenth  century  lines.  As  a 
rule,  they  were  much  larger  and  more  imposing  than 
those  made  by  the  contemporary  silversmiths  of  New 
England,  who  faithfully  followed  the  changing  lines 
and  fashions  of  those  made  in  the  mother  country. 
They  lacked  the  ribs  which  supported  the  handles  on 
the  seventeenth  century  tankards,  and  the  domed  tops, 
finials,  and  encircling  bands,  which  characterize  the 
different  periods  of  English-made  tankards.  The 
mouldings  on  the  base  were  elaborate,  and  often  were 
surmounted  by  embossed  bands  of  spiral  wire  and 
cut-work.  The  handles  were  heavy,  and  frequently 
were  embellished  with  beaded  ribs,  or  pieces  of  strap- 
work,  which  enabled  the  firm  grip  necessitated  by 
the  weight  of  the  large  potions  of  liquor  the  tankards 
contained.  Few  are  found  without  the  initials  of  the 
original  owners  engraved  on  the  handles.  Curiously 
enough  many  of  these  tankards  were  originally  owned 
by  women.  They  sometimes  were  marked  with  the 
joint  initials  of  husband  and  wife,  as  was  practically 
the  universal  custom  in  New  England.  Their  thumb 
pieces  were  almost  invariably  spirals. 


DETAILS   OF    ENGRAVING    ON    BEAKERS    BY   DUTCH 
SILVERSMITHS 


DETAILS    OF     ENGRAVING    ON     BEAKERS    BY     HENDRIK 
BOELEN 


DETAILS   OF    ENGRAVING   ON    BEAKERS    BY  AHASUERUS 
HENDRICKS    AND   GARRETT    ONCLEBAGH 


DETAILS  OF  ENGRAVING  ON  BEAKERS  BY  AN  UNKNOWN 
SILVERSMITH    AND    BY    BENJAMIN    WYNKOOP 


Early  ^IJCtP  ^Dtfi  Silversmiths    xvii 

The  tips  were  formed  of  oval  plates  and  shields. 
Cherub  heads  in  heavy  relief  w^ere  often  used  for  their 
embellishment,  a  feature  almost  never  found  in  the 
old-world  tankards;  coins  sometimes  took  the  place  of 
the  plates  on  some  of  the  cruder  pieces.  The  covers 
were  flat.  Frequently  current  coins  of  gold  and  sil- 
ver were  inlaid  in  the  lid.  Early  seventeenth  century 
Dutch  medals,  probably  heirlooms,  were  also  occa- 
sionally thus  used.  The  front  edges  of  the  covers 
were  usually  serrated. 

The  early  teapots,  as  shown  in  the  illustration  op- 
posite page  xviii,  were  of  a  design  peculiar  to  New 
York,  and  not  used  elsewhere  in  the  colonies.  In  style, 
they  followed  to  a  certain  extent  the  teapots  of  the 
period  in  the  old  world,  but  had  greater  height  and 
capacity.  They  were  used  indiscriminately  for  both  tea 
and  coffee.  The  small  globular  teapots  and  tall  coffee 
pots  of  the  Queen  Anne  period,  if  made  here,  have 
probably  disappeared  in  the  melting-pot. 

The  personalities  of  certain  New  York  silversmiths 
and  the  parts  they  played  in  the  early  social  and  po- 
litical development  of  the  city  have  hitherto  been 
neglected  by  our  local  historians.  Hence  their  works 
naturally  have  not  possessed  the  glamour  belonging  to 
those  made  by  the  picturesque  mint-master  of  Massa- 
chusetts, John  Hull  (the  story  of  whose  daughter's 
marriage  to  Samuel  Sewall  is  one  of  the  treasured 
legends  of  New  England),  or  by  that  sturdy  patriot, 
immortalized  by  Longfellow  in  The  Midnight  Ride 
of  Paul  Revere.  Of  necessity,  they  were  men  of  in- 
tegrity, as  upon  their  honor  alone  depended  the  fineness 
of  the  silver  which  came  from  their  melting-pots,  for 
there  was  no  such  guarantee  of  quality  in  this  country 


xviii  Early  l^ttO  gOtfi  Silversmiths 

as  existed  in  the  case  of  English  silver — with  its  official 
hall  marks. 

The  earliest  local  silversmith  represented  in  the  ex- 
hibition is  Ahasuerus  Hendricks,  w^ho  made  the  beaker 
bearing  the  date  1678,  lent  by  the  First  Dutch  Re- 
formed Church  of  Albany.  He  was  an  old-world  sil- 
versmith, who  sought  to  better  himself  by  coming  to 
New  York,  where  he  supplied  the  local  demand  for 
jewelry,  rings,  funeral  spoons,  and  beakers,  and,  as 
well,  fashioned  the  silver  spears,  pikes,  and  sword  hilts 
affected  by  the  militant  burghers.  We  first  find  his 
name  in  New  York  on  the  list  of  those  who  swore 
allegiance  to  the  King  in  1675.  His  house,  in  Smith 
Street,  appears  on  the  tax  list  in  1677.  He  was  one 
of  those  appointed  in  1686  to  assist  in  giving  the  in- 
habitants of  the  city  better  drinking  water,  and  was, 
in  that  year,  ordered  to  take  care  of  the  public  well 
near  his  house.  The  position  was  one  of  honor  and 
responsibility.  The  council  at  the  same  time  ordered 
"  that  the  City  wells  be  forthwith  made  of  stone  and 
half  of  the  charge  of  them  to  be  borne  by  the  inhabi- 
tants of  every  street  proportionately  and  the  other  half 
by  the  Citty."  He  was  elected  constable  for  the  North 
ward  in  1687  and  collector  for  the  same  district  ten 
years  later.  In  the  records  of  the  Dutch  Reformed 
Church  his  name  appears  as  a  witness  to  the  baptisms 
of  the  children  of  many  well-known  families  from  1675 
to  1693.  He  evidently  was  entrusted  with  the  task  of 
looking  out  for  the  unfortunates  in  the  city,  as  we  find 
that  along  with  the  vouchers  of  Johannes  Kip  and 
Teunis  DeKay  his  voucher  for  "  Sundry  to  y^  poore  ^ 
Ace""  was  settled  by  the  city  in  1689. 

Next  we  find  Carol  Van  Brugh,  son  of  the  Johannes 


TEAPOTS,  BY  ADRIAN  BANCKER  AND  CHARLES  LE  ROUX. 
LENT   BY   R.   T.   HAINES  HALSEY 


Early  ^t'XXS  gOtfe  Silversmiths    xix 

Van  Brugh  who  was  appointed  alderman  by  Governor 
Nichols  in  1664,  and  who  was  long  an  important  per- 
sonage in  the  town.  Carol  Van  Brugh's  name  appears 
on  the  tax  list  for  1677  as  the  owner  of  two  houses,  one 
on  High  (Pearl)  Street  and  the  other  in  the  Fort 
"  where  ye  Siversmith  liv'd."  His  mother  was  Cath- 
rina  Roelofse,  the  daughter  of  Roelofse  and  Anneke 
Jans.  He  was  appointed  High  Constable  in  1689.  He 
evidently  held  a  respected  position  in  the  community,  as 
we  find  his  name  in  the  following  document,  issued  in 
1695,  to  alleviate  the  intolerable  position  of  the  con- 
sumer in  New  York  caused  by  the  irregularity  in  the 
weights  and  measures  used  by  the  tradesmen : 

"  May  it  Please  your  Excellency 

"  In  obedience  to  your  Excellencies  command,  we 
have  examined  the  Memorial  Exhibited  to  your  Excel- 
lency by  the  Attorney  Gen^^  Concerning  the  Settling  of 
a  Standard  and  Appointing  an  Officer  for  the  Regula- 
tion of  Weights  &  Scales  for  Curr*  Gold  &  Silver,  & 
are  humbly  of  the  opinion  that  it  is  very  necessary  to  be 
done,  &  Pursuant  Thereto  Presume  to  recommend 
unto  your  Excellency  Cornelius  Vanderburgh  &  Jacob 
Boelen,  Silversmiths  as  Persons  of  good  Reputation 
and  very  fitt  to  be  appointed  by  your  Excellency  for 
the  keeping  of  the  Standard  of  Silver  &  Gold  weights 
and  markeing  all  such  as  shall  be  used  in  this  City  & 
Province."  .  .  . 

Robert  Lusting  A.  D.  Peyster 

John  Barberie  Gerard  Douw 

He  made  the  gold  cup  presented  to  Governor 
Fletcher  in  1693,  the  bullion  for  which  was  purchased 
for  one  hundred  and  six  pounds  sterling  and  turned 


XX      Early  ^Z\XS  ^0t6  Silversmiths 

over  to  Vanderburgh  to  fashion.  The  council  ordered 
that  the  revenue  from  the  ferry  be  used  for  no  other 
purpose  until  the  bill  for  this  w^as  paid;  evidently 
municipal  ow^nership  then  w^as  more  profitable  than  as 
conducted  here  today. 

The  Leisler  Rebellion  vtras  one  of  the  most  im- 
portant happenings  in  the  history  of  New  York.  Its 
results  were  the  birth  of  a  popular  party  in  active  op- 
position to  the  government,  a  party  which  worked  for 
the  country  against  the  party  for  the  crown.  A  study 
of  the  records  of  the  Leisler  Rebellion  discloses  the 
fact  that  Bartholomew  LeRoux,  the  earliest  of  the 
famous  silversmiths  of  that  name  who  worked  in 
New  York  for  over  half  a  century,  took  a  most  im- 
portant part  in  this  opening  struggle  of  the  masses 
against  the  classes.  It  is  not  difficult  to  picture  this 
sturdy  Huguenot  silversmith  standing  in  the  Fort  on 
the  26th  of  February,  1689,  and  voicing  the  popular 
indignation  of  his  fellow-soldiers  at  the  unwillingness 
of  Leisler  and  his  captains  to  secure  the  Fort  absolutely 
against  the  threatened  perils. 

While  to  a  large  extent  this  interesting  rebellion  was 
caused  by  a  revolt  against  the  aristocratic  faction,  who 
had  held  control  of  the  government  under  James  II,  yet 
the  intensity  of  feeling  which  made  the  people  rise 
almost  to  a  man  was  aggravated  by  the  fact  that  New 
York  with  its  large  Huguenot  population  was  con- 
stantly In  fear  of  the  papists  and  French  invasion,  as 
it  was  well  known  that  the  French  King  had  instructed 
his  commanders  that,  in  case  the  capture  of  New  York 
was  effected,  "  those  of  the  pretended  Reformed  reli- 
gion must  be  sent  back  to  France."  No  better  ex- 
planation of  the  state  of  affairs  from  this  point  of  view 


Early  j^ttD  gOtfi  Silversmiths     xxi 

can  be  given  than  in  the  statement  of  this  active 
Huguenot  silversmith  as  follovi^s: 

"  A  declaration  of  Bathomew^  LeRoux  declareth 
that  Col.  Bayard  having  demanded  of  the  Company  of 
Captain  Munvielle  in  the  presence  of  the  Leu*  Nichol- 
son &  others,  of  the  Cap*^  of  this  City,  as  they  v^^erc 
assembled  in  James  fort  of  this  City  the  reasons  that 
obliged  them  to  Appear  in  arms  the  whole  company 
w^hereas  they  w^ere  ordered  of  their  Captains  that  they 
should  w^atch  but  half  the  Company  &  that  they  did 
oppose  the  Govo""  &  he  the  Colonell  at  the  fort  Gate, 
&  w^ould  not  desist  but  would  come  &  keep  Guard 
with  the  whole  company,  &  the  said  Bartho^  le  Roux 
having  given  him  this  answer,  which  was  the  True 
reasons,  as  the  Company  did  then  and  doth  Still  ac- 
knowledge to  be  the  truth — 

"  First — ^That  we  had  a  relation  in  this  City,  that 
the  Papist  upon  Staten  Island  did  threaten  to  cut  the 
inhabitants  throats  &  that  the  People  had  left  their 
Plantations  &  were  running  the  woods,  &  some  gone 
with  their  familys  in  their  boats  and  lay  upon  the  river 
&  further  they  threatened  to  come  and  burn  this  City 
&  that  M""  Dela  Prearie  had  arms  in  his  house  for  fifty 
men. 

"  2^y.  That  we  had  Certain  information  that  there 
was  Eighty  or  a  hundred  men  coming  from  boston  & 
other  places  that  were  hunted  away,  no  doubt  not  for 
their  goodnes  &  that  there  were  several  of  them  Irish 
&  Papist  &  the  Governor  had  desighed  to  take  them 
in  the  fort  y*  which  they  would  not  suffer — 

"  3<^.  That  a  good  part  of  the  Soldiers  that  were  in 
the  fort  already  were  papist  &  that  they  thought  them- 
selves not  secure,  to  be  so  guarded  &  if  it  be  so  that 


xxii   Early  jlJJttO  ^Otfe  Silversmiths 

but  half  a  Company  should  be  permitted  to  keep  guard, 
they  would  not  be  above  ten  or  fifteen  men  in  the  fort 
&  therefore  they  thought  themselves  not  secure  in  the 
fort  so  weak. 

"  4th.  That  the  same  day  there  was  Complaint  made 
that  Co^  Dongan,  his  Brigantine  was  fitted  out  with  a 
considerable  Quantity  of  Guns  &  amonitions  &  made 
Water  and  provisions  &  that  her  whole  loading  was 
no  other  than  if  she  had  been  designed  for  some  war- 
like design  &  notwithstanding  was  Suffered  to  depart 
this  port  without  interruption,  these  reasons  did 
obleidge  us  to  Come  with  he  whole  company  to  secure 
ourselves,  the  best  we  could,  against  the  fears  that  were 
put    upon    us." 

The  animosities  stirred  up  by  the  Leisler  Rebellion 
and  death  of  Leisler  were  not  easily  forgotten.  The 
following  affidavit  against  another  of  the  seventeenth 
century  silversmiths  represented  in  the  exhibition,  John 
Wendover,  well  illustrates  the  bitter  and  lasting  feeling 
toward  the  dominant  party.  The  offense  with  which 
Wendover  was  charged  in  1694  was  evidently  not  a 
heinous  one,  as  we  find  that  he  was  elected  alderman 
in  1698.  He  carried  on  his  trade  in  New  York  until 
his  death  in  1727. 

"  The  Examinant  being  duly  sworn  upon  the  holy 
Evangelists  &  examined  Saith  y*  last  night  att  seaven 
or  eight  of  the  Clock  or  thereabouts  he  the  Examin* 
was  in  y^  house  of  Edward  Buckmaster  of  y^  said  Citty 
Inholder  in  Company  with  one  John  Windower  of  y* 
said  Citty  Goldsmith  &  several!  others  and  that  the  s<* 
John  Windower  did  throw  a  piece  of  eight  upon  the 
Table  &  speaking  to  this  Examinant  did  say  there  is 
5^our  money  or  to  y*  effect,  that  he  the  examin*  did 


Early  jl^etP  gOtfi  Silversmiths  xxiii 

refuse  to  take  itt  &  said  that  would  not  doe ;  upon  w^^ 
the  said  John  Windower  threw  down  another  Piece  of 
eight  &  said  there  take  itt  that's  enough  &  called  for  j^ 
scales,  &  said  but  He  pay  you  for  itt,  &  Immediately  did 
lift  up  his  hand  &  did  strike  y^  said  examin*  upon  y* 
face  upon  which  the  said  Edward  Buckmaster  being 
then  High  Constable  &  hearing  a  noise  came  into  y^ 
Room  &  Commanded  the  Peace;  &  the  said  Examin* 
further  saith  that  after  the  peace  was  Commanded  the 
said  John  Windower  did  say  that  Leisler  &  Milborne 
wer  murdered  which  he  would  make  appear  &  y*  he 
would  stand  up  for  Jacobus  Leisler  while  he  had  a 
drop  of  blood  in  his  body  and  that  their  should  be 
others  hanged  in  a  short  time  to  Ballance  the  said 
Leisler  &  Milborne." 

The  Boelens,  Jacob  and  Hendrik,  father  and  son, 
were  Dutch  silversmiths,  who  came  to  New  York 
shortly  after  1680  and  possessed  a  large  share  of  the 
silversmith's  trade  in  this  city  in  the  closing  years  of 
the  eighteenth  century.  Much  of  their  work  has  been 
secured  for  this  exhibition.  They  probably  worked  in 
partnership.  Their  marks  I-B  and  J-B  ^^^  similar  in 
size  and  character  of  letters  and  both  are  inclosed  in 
the  same  peculiar  oval  with  serrated  edges. 

Jacob  Boelen's  name  appears,  in  1686,  on  the  list 
of  members  of  the  Dutch  Church.  The  city  records 
bear  much  testimony  to  his  activity  in  behalf  of  civic 
development.  He  was  assessor  for  the  North  ward 
from  1685  to  1694.  In  1689  he  was  appointed  brant- 
master  by  the  council,  when  it  was  ordered  that  "  five 
Ladders  be  made  to  serve  upon  occasion  of  Fyre,  with 
sufficient  hooks  thereto."  He  was  one  of  the  special 
assessors  appointed  in  1693,  "  to  assess  &  rate  the  in- 


xxiv   Early  ^Z\XS  gOtfi  Silversmiths 

habitants  Residence  &  Freeholders  (the)  1725  propor- 
tion for  the  City  for  Raising  £6000  for  payment  300 
volunteers  to  reinforce  the  Frontiers  at  Albany  May 
1693-4,"  and  the  following  year  "  to  raise  the  funds  to 
pay  for  the  150  troops  sent  as  a  reinforcement  for  the 
frontiers  of  Albany."  He  was  elected  alderman  of  the 
North  ward  in  1695.  In  1696  he  was  appointed  on 
the  committee  for  straightening  Broad  Street  and  for 
"  the  consideration  of  the  making  of  the  sewer  in  that 
locality."  Their  report  reads  that  "  1158  feet  of  sewer 
would  be  needed,  every  foot  of  which  would  cost  Fif- 
teen shillings."  He  was  appointed  on  the  committee  for 
estimating  the  cost  of  constructing  the  new  City  Hall, 
selecting  its  location,  and  investigating  the  best  means 
of  raising  funds  for  the  cost  of  the  same,  also  on  the 
committee  for  repairing  the  fortifications  and  powder 
house  on  Point  Hollondia.  He  was  alderman  for  the 
North  ward  in  1697  and  was  among  those  who  peti- 
tioned to  restore  the  bolting  monopoly  which  had  given 
to  the  burghers  of  New  York  City  alone  the  privilege 
of  bolting  all  flour  and  baking  all  bread  for  export  in 
the  province ;  the  abolition  of  this  monopoly  had  caused 
great  distress  in  commercial  circles  in  New  York.  In 
this  connection  it  may  be  interesting  to  note  that  the 
flour  barrels  and  wind-mill  sails  on  the  arms  of  New 
York  City  were  selected  as  typical  of  this  milling 
monopoly. 

Hendrik  Boelen  apparently  paid  little  attention 
to  public  affairs,  but  devoted  himself  to  his  trade,  which 
he  carried  on  successfully  almost  to  the  middle  of  the 
nineteenth  century. 

The  earliest  native  silversmith  represented  in  the 
exhibition  is  Jacobus  Van  der  Spiegel,  the  maker  of 


Early  JIJCtD  ^Otfe  Silversmiths    xxv 

the  baptismal  vessel  lent  by  the  South  Reformed 
Church  of  New  York,  and  also  of  the  tankard  of  un- 
usual size  shown  among  the  plate  made  for  domestic 
use.  He  was  the  son  of  Laurens  Van  der  Spiegel  and 
with  his  brother  Johannes  followed  the  profession  of 
silversmith. 

The  plate  made  by  Jacobus  Van  der  Spiegel  carries 
with  it  memories  of  its  maker's  military  services  along 
the  Albany  frontier,  as  well  as  of  the  days  when  fear  of 
the  capture  of  New  York  by  the  French  was  ever  ter- 
rifying its  citizens.  We  find  his  name  on  the  list  of 
"  y«  people  sent  to  Albany"  on  the  13th  of  March, 
1689,  upon  orders  from  Leisler  to  protect  the  northern 
frontier  against  the  impending  French  invasion,  also 
his  commission  as  ensign  in  Captain  Walter's  company 
in  the  same  year,  and  a  record  of  his  captaincy  in  the 
following  curious  voucher: 

"  In  Albany  Anno  do  1691.  His  Excellency  Co 
Henry  Sloughter  Capt.  Genii :  and  Governour  in  Chief 
off  the  Provence  of  New  York.  To  the  Companes  to 
drink  upon  the  newes  of  yo'r  Excells  Happie  Arry- 
vilL*  I  barrl  double  beer. 

To  Capt.  Van  der  Spegle  Comp'a.         Item  .£0.14." 

In  1694-5  he  was  assessor  for  the  West  ward,  and 
the  following  year  one  of  those  "  sworn  to  assess  the 
moyety  of  Seaven  hundred  and  ninety  Seaven  pounds 
Nine  Shillings  Pursuant  to  An  Act  of  Gen"  Assembly 

*  Mrs.  Van  Rensselaer  in  her  "  History  of  the  City  of 
New  York "  clearly  points  out  that  illiterate  Dutch  pens 
dealing  phonetically  with  unaccustomed  sounds  explain  the 
curious  spelling  in  the  records  of  the  17th  century;  thus  the 
same  persons  frequently  appear  under  various  names. 
Carol  Van  Brugh  and  Cornelius  Vanderburgh  were  iden- 
tical personages. 


xxvi  Early  jl^etD  gorfc  Silversmiths 

Entituled  an  Act  for  y«  Raising  one  hundred  &  twenty 
Effective  men  to  be  Imployed  by  his  excellency  for  the 
Reinforcing  &  Strengthning  the  Fronteers  of  the  Prov- 
ince att  Albany." 

He  w^as  elected  to  the  highly  honorable  position  of 
constable  in  1698.  His  family  had  long  been  promi- 
nent in  social  life.  One  of  his  sisters  w^as  married  to 
Isaac  de  Forest,  and  another  to  Rip  Van  Dam,  who  for 
thirty  years  was  one  of  the  council  of  the  city.  A 
comparison  between  the  portrait  of  this  famous  old 
rebel  and  the  head  with  flowing  wig  in  heavy  relief, 
which  forms  the  unusual  decoration  of  the  tip  of  a 
tankard  shown  in  the  exhibition,  allows  the  fancy  that 
Van  der  Spiegel  embellished  some  of  his  silver  with  the 
portrait  of  his  popular  brother-in-law. 

Garrett  Onclebagh,  who  made  two  of  the  commu- 
nion beakers  in  the  exhibition,  belonging  to  the  Re- 
formed Dutch  Church  of  Flatbush,  was  of  an  old  and 
socially  prominent  New  York  family  and  an  active 
member  of  the  Dutch  Church.  His  standing  in  the 
community  was  high,  for  he  was  elected  to  the  office 
of  assistant  alderman  for  the  successive  years  1700-3. 
The  office  of  alderman  or  assistant  alderman  was  even 
more  important  in  the  early  days  than  now.  The  city 
was  divided  into  six  wards:  North,  South,  West, 
East,  Dock,  and  Out.  Each  of  these  was  represented 
by  one  alderman  and  one  assistant  alderman.  The 
twelve  constituted  a  general  court  for  the  city  with 
powers  of  supervision  far  exceeding  any  of  the  govern- 
mental bodies  of  today.  Along  with  other  powers  they 
possessed  the  right  of  fixing  the  prices  of  all  necessities 
of  life,  and  they  regulated  the  price  of  wheat,  the  size 
and  quality  of  loaves,  and  in  many  ways  had  more  ex- 


Early  jlJetD  ^Dtfi  Silversmiths    xxvii 

treme  power  than  advocated  by  the  most  radical  expo- 
nent of  governmental  supervision  today. 

While  serving  out  his  various  terms,  Onclebagh 
vi^as  active  on  various  interesting  and  important  sub- 
committees. One  important  act  of  his  vi^as  the  farming 
out  of  the  ferry  to  Brooklyn.  The  contract  vi^as  an 
involved  one  and  called  for  the  maintenance  of  a  pub- 
lic house  of  entertainment,  and  of  two  scows  and  two 
small  boats  for  the  carrying  of  passengers.  The  charges 
prescribed  were  eight  stivers  of  wampum,  or  a  silver 
two-pence,  for  the  ferriage  of  an  individual.  "  People 
in  company  "  were  carried  at  lower  rates.  The  tolls 
were  fixed  for  horses  and  beasts,  hogs,  barrels,  and 
various  products  of  the  farm. 

Onclebagh  became  involved  in  certain  factional  dis-^ 
putes  and  lost  the  favor  of  the  people,  which  he  re- 
gained, but  fell  from  grace  in  other  ways,  as  upon  his 
election  to  his  former  office  In  17 13  his  colleagues  on 
the  board  passed  the  following  resolution: 

"  Whereas  Garrett  Onclebagh  who  was  lately 
Elected  to  serve  In  the  Office  of  Assistant  of  the  North 
Ward  of  this  City  for  the  year  Ensueing  Is  A  Person 
of  Evil  fame  and  Reputation  and  hath  been  G)nvlcted 
of  Coyning  the  Current  Money  of  this  Province  and 
since  hath  also  been  Convicted  of  Champerty,  It  Is. 
therefore  the  Opinion  of  this  Court  that  the  said  Gar- 
rett Onclebagh  Is  not  qualified  to  serve  In  the  said 
Office  and  it  is  ORDER'D  (Nemlne  Contra  DIcente) 
that  the  Mayor  and  Recorder  do  refuse  to  swear  him 
Into  the  said  Office." 

After  an  investigation  lasting  several  months,  the 
charges  were  upheld,  his  place  on  the  board  declared 
vacant,  and  a  successor  appointed. 


xxviii  Early  jl^ittO  ^Dtfe  Silversmiths 

Another  silversmith  of  interesting  family  connec- 
tions was  Cornelius  Kierstede,*  who  took  out  his  Free- 
man's papers  in  1698.  His  grandfather  Hans  was  the 
famous  surgeon,  and  a  very  important  personage.  He 
married  Sarah  Roelofse,  the  daughter  of  Anneke  Jans 
by  her  first  husband.  Sarah  was  well  acquainted  with 
the  Indian  language  and  acted  as  interpreter  for  Peter 
Stuyvesant.  It  was  at  their  wedding  that  Governor 
Kieft,  taking  advantage  of  the  condition  of  the  guests 
"  after  the  fourth  or  fifth  drink,"  induced  them  to  sub- 
scribe very  liberally  toward  a  new  church  in  the  Fort. 
Rum  and  religion  went  hand  in  hand  in  New  Am- 
sterdam. After  working  in  New  York  for  a  quarter 
of  a  century  Kierstede  migrated  to  New  Haven  and 
much  of  his  work  done  there  is  still  to  be  found  in  the 
cities  and  hamlets  of  Connecticut.  A  superb  tankard 
bearing  his  mark  may  be  seen  in  the  DePeyster  room 
of  the  New  York  Historical  Society. 

Members  of  the  Van  Dyck  family  for  half  a  cen- 
tury held  a  large  proportion  of  the  silver  trade  in  New 
York,  and  are  well  represented  in  the  exhibition. 

Peter  Van  Dyck  was  a  New  Yorker  by  birth  and 
possibly  learned  his  trade  from  Bartholomew  LeRoux, 
whose  daughter  Rachel  he  married.  We  find  his  name 
in  1704  on  the  "list  of  men  that  have  signed  to  goe 
with  Capt.  Nicholas  Evertsen  on  an  expedition  against 
a  french  privateer  which  appeared  ofiF  the  coast."  This 
expedition  set  out  bravely,  but  on  obtaining  a  sight  of 
the  enemy,  the  motley  crew  refused  to  man  the  ship 
and  the  expedition  ignominiously  sailed  back  to  New 


♦He  was  the  son  of  Hans  Kierstede  and  Jannetje  Lock- 
ermans  and  was  born  in  1674.    ^^  married  Zaza  Elsewarth. 


Early  ^^tP  ^0t6  Silversmiths     xxix 

York  in  safety.  Evidently  no  reflection  was  cast  upon 
Peter  Van  Dyck's  bravery  on  this  occasion,  as  in  1708 
he  w^as  sworn  as  constable  of  the  East  ward.  In  1730 
he  was  elected  assessor. 

Peter  Van  Dyck  was  an  active  participant  in  the 
factious  strife  which  kept  the  city  in  a  state  of  political 
unrest  during  the  administration  of  Governor  Cosby, 
and,  along  with  his  fellow-silversmiths,  Charles  Le- 
Roux,  Tobias  Stoutenburgh,  and  Philip  Goelet,  affixed 
his  name  to  the  petition  herewith ;  which  was  made  in 
protest  against  the  illegal  election  of  Adolph  Phillipse 
in  1737,  an  election  with  the  same  issues  at  stake,  and 
as  exciting  as  that  of  the  famous  election  at  East 
Chester,  in  1733. 

"To   the   Honour^ie  GEORGE   CLARKE   Esq. 
Leiv*    Governour    &    Command^   in    Chief   of    New- 
Yorke  &  Territorys  thereon  Depending  in  America. 
"  The  Petition  of  the  Subscribers 

"  Most  Humbly  Sheweth 

"  That  wee  have  this  day  seen  or  heard  of  the  most 
Barefaced  Villany  Committed  by  Will™  Cosby  Esq^ 
present  high  Sheriff  of  this  Citty  &  County  of  New- 
York  in  the  Face  of  the  world  in  Declareing  Adolphe 
Philipse  to  be  chosen  Representative  for  this  Citty  and 
County  Contrary  to  the  Duty  of  his  Oath  and  office. 

"  Wee  therefore  most  Humbly  pray  that  our  Lives 
Libertys  and  properties  may  no  Longer  Remain  Com- 
mitted to  the  Said  William  Cosby ;  but  that  he  may  be 
forthwith  removed  from  his  said  Office  and  the  S^ 
Adolph  Philipse  may  not  be  qualified  to  Sit  as  an  As- 
sembly man  untill  a  fair  Hearing  of  the  matter  and 
y^  Petitioners  shall  Ever  pray." 

There  is  an  excellence   of  artistic  conception   and 


XXX    Early  |5^tD  ^Dtfi  Silversmiths 

workmanship  found  in  the  plate  made  by  Peter  Van 
Dyck  (see  pages  9  and  60)  which  allows  the  assertion 
that  as  a  silversmith  he  had  no  superior  in  America.  The 
personal  touch  is  ever  there,  and  a  perusal  of  his  will 
(proven  in  1750)  brings  with  it  the  thought  that  this 
good  old  silversmith  loved  his  handiwork,  as  we  can  see 
by  his  desire  to  leave  **  To  my  daughters  Hannah  and 
Cornelia,  each  a  silver  mugg.  To  my  daughter  Sarah 
my  smallest  silver  tankard.  To  my  daughter  Mary  my 
biggest  silver  tankard.  To  my  daughter  Lena  my  sil- 
ver teapot.  Each  of  these  articles  are  to  be  valued 
according  to  weight  and  reckoned  as  part  of  their 
share." 

His  son,  Richard  Van  Dyck,  was  also  a  silversmith 
and  is  represented  in  the  exhibition.  Occasional  ad- 
vertisements in  the  New  York  papers  from  1753  to 
1756  show  that  he  gradually  drifted  away  from  his 
early  profession  and  became  an  importer  of  "  pictures, 
European  and  Indian  goods,  looking  glasses,  sconses 
and  Florence  oyl."  Very  little  plate  bearing  his  mark 
has  survived. 

Another  silversmith  of  the  early  eighteenth  century 
and  of  interesting  lineage  here  represented  was  Bar- 
tholomew Schaats,  a  descendant  of  that  interesting 
character,  Domine  Gideon  Schaats,  who,  after  being 
ordained  by  the  Classis  of  Amsterdam,  came  to  New 
Amsterdam  in  1652  in  the  ship  Flower  of  Guelder 
under  contract  with  the  patron  Johannis  van  Rennse- 
laer  "  to  be  missionary  to  the  Indians,  teacher  of  the 
catechism,  and  school-master  for  old  and  young,"  and 
later,  in  1657,  became  minister  of  the  church  at 
Beverwyck  (Albany),  which  charge  he  held  until  his 
death  in  1694.     Two  communion  beakers  in  the  ex- 


Early  jl^^tO  ^Otft  Silversmiths    xxxi 

hibltion  were  acquired  by  the  congregation  in  Albany 
under  his  pastorate. 

Bartholomew  LeRoux,  who  spoke  In  justification  of 
his  fellow-citizens'  seizure  of  the  Fort,  lived  on  the  west 
side  of  Broadway  a  little  south  of  Morris  Street.  His 
activities  in  the  Leisler  Rebellion  in  no  way  caused  him 
to  lose  caste  with  the  party  In  power,  as  he  was  elected 
to  various  positions  of  responsibility — constable,  asses- 
sor and  collector,  and  in  1703  assistant  alderman,  to 
which  office  he  was  re-elected  annually  for  the  next  ten 
years. 

His  son  Charles  successfully  carried  on  the  silver- 
smith's trade  built  up  by  his  father,  who  died  in  17 13. 
Charles  LeRoux  lived  at  a  period  even  more  interesting 
and  epoch-making  than  that  of  his  father.  He  was 
long  the  official  silversmith  of  the  city ;  the  records  show 
that,  from  1720  to  1743,  to  him  alone  was  entrusted 
the  making  of  the  various  gold  and  silver  boxes,  which, 
engraved  with  the  arms  of  the  city.  Inclosed  the  city 
seal,  which  accompanied  the  engrossed  freedom  of  the 
city  granted  by  the  common  council  for  noteworthy 
service  and  to  highly  honored  visitors. 

He  was  an  engraver  as  well,  and  was  Instructed  to 
make  the  stamps  for  the  issue  of  bills  of  credit  of 
1734  and  1737,  and  deliver  them  to  William  Bradford 
and  John  Peter  Zenger,  respectively,  for  the  printing. 

Snuff  boxes  made  by  Charles  LeRoux  figure  as 
tokens  of  the  city  fathers'  gratitude  for  services  ren- 
dered. Of  these  boxes,  not  the  least  Interesting  was  the 
one  presented  to  Captain  Peter  Solgard  In  1723,  "  who 
lately  on  A  Cruise  upon  this  Coast  in  the  due  Execu- 
tion &  discharge  of  his  Duty  upon  Intelligence  given 
him   sought    for   Pursued    and    Engaged    two    Pyrate 


xxxii    Early  jliJ^tP  ^Dtfi  Silversmiths 

Sloops  Commanded  by  One  Low  (A  Notorious  &  In- 
humane Pyrate)  one  of  which  Sloops  he  took  After  a 
Resolute  Resistance  &  Very  much  Shatter'd  the  Other 
who  by  the  favour  of  the  Night  Escaped,  twenty  Six 
of  which  Pyrates  So  taken  being  lately  Executed  at 
Rhode  Island,  not  only  Eased  this  City  and  Province 
of  A  Very  great  trouble  but  of  A  Very  Considerable 
Expence  &c :  " 

Its  cost  was  twenty-three  pounds  nineteen  shillings, 
and  It  was  decorated  with  "  the  Arms  of  this  Corpo- 
ration handsomely  engraved  on  one  Side  thereof,  and 
on  the  Other  his  Majesties  Ship  Greyhound  En- 
gaging two  Pyrate  Sloops  and  A  Motto  Over  them 
(Viz*)  Quaesltos  Human!  Generis  Hostes  Debellare 
Superbum." 

Another  was  voted  at  the  time  of  the  capture  of 
Gardiner's  Island  from  the  Spanish  In  1728  to  Captain 
Covll  Mayne,  Commander  of  his  Majesty's  ship  Bidde- 
ford,  who  "  did  lately  at  the  Request  of  his  Excellency 
the  Honble  John  Montgomerie  ESq*"  Governour  and 
Cap*  General  of  this  Province,  with  the  Greatest 
Chearfulness  Bravery  and  Expedition  (Notwithstand- 
ing that  the  Man  of  Warr  under  his  Command  was 
at  that  time  unrlg'd  in  Order  to  refit)  in  few  hours 
make  ready  and  proceed  against  A  Spanish  Privateer 
Ship  which  had  landed  A  Considerable  force  and  al- 
ready made  barbarous  havock  and  depredation  upon  the 
Coasts  of  this  Province  (at  A  time  when  his  Majesties 
Station  Ship  the  Shoram  was  unhaplly  disabled  by  the 
loss  of  her  Masts  In  her  late  dangerous  Voyage  from 
Great  Brittain  and  rendred  Intlrely  incapable  of  putting 
to  sea)  and  by  the  Terror  of  his  Majesties  Arms  under 
the  Conduct  of  so  Gallant  and  Experienced  A  Com- 


Early  I^CtP  ^Otfi  Silversmiths  xxxiii 

mander  (which  too  soon  reach'd  the  Ears  of  the  En- 
emy) drove  them  from  these  seas  by  means  whereof 
our  Villages  that  had  lately  felt  and  were  hourly 
Exposed  to  their  Brutal  Ravage  were  freed  from  their 
Just  fears  and  Apprehensions,  our  Alarms  Ceased,  and 
our  Trade  was  again  successfully  Opened  ".  .  .  . 

LeRoux  was  assistant  alderman  at  the  time  of  the 
trial  of  the  printer  John  Peter  Zenger,  and  was  one 
of  the  council  who  voted  in  1735  a  gold  snufE  box,  five 
and  one-half  ounces  in  weight  to  be  made  by  Charles 
LeRoux,  to  Zenger's  counsel  along  with  the  following 
resolutions : 

.  .  .  .  "  WHEREAS  Honour  is  the  Just  Reward  of 
Vertue  and  Publick  Benefitts  demand  A  Publick  Ac- 
knowledgment WE  therefore  under  A  Gratefull  sense 
of  the  Remarkable  service  done  to  the  Inhabitants  of 
this  City  and  County  by  Andrew  Hamilton  ESq^  of 
Pensilvania  Barrister  at  Law  by  his  learned  and  Gen- 
erous defence  of  the  Rights  of  Mankind  and  the  Lib- 
erty of  the  Press  in  the  Case  of  John  Peter  Zenger 
lately  tryed  on  an  Information  Exhibited  in  the  Su- 
pream  Court  of  this  Colony,  do  by  these  presents  bear 
to  the  Said  Andrew  Hamilton  ESq^  the  Publick  thanks 
of  the  Freemen  of  this  Corporation  for  that  signal 
service  which  he  Chearfully  undertook  under  great 
Indisposition  of  body  and  Generously  performed  Re- 
fusing any  ffee  or  Reward.  .  .  ." 

Charles  LeRoux  was  seal  maker  to  the  city  as  well 
as  engraver  and  silversmith.  In  1735  he  was  one  of 
the  committee  of  four  aldermen  appointed  to  ...  . 
"  Advise  with  Counsel  learned  in  the  Law,  what  Meth- 
ods are  legally  to  be  taken  by  this  Corporation  to 
Recover  the  Seal  of  the  Said  Corporation  out  of  the 


xxxiv  Early  jl^etP  gOtfi  Silversmiths 

Custody  of  the  present  Mayor  who  detains  the  same 
Contrary  to  A  Law  of  this  Corporation ;  " 

As  a  result  of  their  consultation  and  report  the  city 
records  note  that  "  M*"  Mayor  having  Consented  to 
deliver  the  seal  of  this  Corporation  to  the  Common 
Clerk  of  this  Corporation  for  the  use  of  the  Said  Cor- 
poration, it  is  ORDERED  that  A  seal  be  forthwith 
made  and  delivered  to  M"*  Mayor;  which  Seal  Is  to 
be  Called  the  seal  of  the  Office  of  Mayorality  of  the 
City  of  New  York,  that  the  Said  Seal  be  Round  som- 
thing  larger  than  a  Dollar,  the  City  Arms  to  be  En- 
graved thereon,  and  that  the  Motto  be  (City  of  New 
York  Seal  of  Mayorality)  and  that  M*"  LeRoux  make 
the  same  with  all  Expedition." 

Charles  LeRoux's  name  is  also  found  on  the  list  of 
the  Grand  Jury,  who  in  1736  ..."  Do  Certifie  that 
James  Alexander  ESq^  *  in  the  several  Offices  that  he 
has  Enjoyed  within  this  Colony  of  New  York,  has 
Executed  the  same  Offices  to  the  General  satisfaction, 
and  without  blemish  in  his  Reputation,  as  far  as  we 
have  heard  or  believe.  That  he  has  also  for  many 
years  last  past  practiced  as  an  Attorney  and  Council  at 
Law  with  a  fair  and  upright  Character,  that  he  hath 
been  and  Still  is  Generally  Reputed  and  Esteemed  to 
be  a  true  friend  to  the  late  Glorious  Revolution  and 
to  the  Protestant  succession  in  the  Illustrious  House 
of  Hanover  and  well  Affected  to  his  present  Majestys 
Person  and  Government.     And  that  the  Said  James 

♦James  Alexander,  one  of  the  leaders  of  the  patriotic 
party,  was  disbarred  from  the  practice  of  law  by  Governor 
Cosby,  while  acting  as  one  of  the  counsel  for  Zenger  at 
the  very  commencement  of  this  all-important  trial,  the  out- 
come of  which  assured  to  New  York  City  an  unbridled 
press  and  freedom  of  political  thought. 


Early  |5CtP  pOtfe  Silversmiths    xxxv 

Alexander  is  A  Man  of  good  life  and  of  a  good  Estate 
within  this  City  and  Colony  to  the  best  of  our  knowl- 
edge." .  .  . 

Civic  development,  warfare,  and  politics  are  not  the 
only  associations  which  hover  around  this  early  Knick- 
erbocker plate.  The  name  of  William  Huertin  (who 
made  one  of  the  porringers  shown  in  the  exhibition) 
involuntarily  calls  to  mind  the  coming  of  the  Palatines 
and  the  founding  of  the  Lutheran  Church  in  this  state 
through  the  following  quaint  translation  of  an  inscrip- 
tion (signed  by  Susanna  Sibylla  Huertin,  his  wife,  the 
daughter  of  the  famous  preacher)  upon  the  tombstone 
of  the  Rev.  Joshua  Kocherthal  at  West  Camp,  New 
York. 

"  Know  Traveler,  under  this  stone  rests,  beside  his 
Sibylla  Charlotta,  a  real  traveler,  of  the  High  Dutch 
in  North  America,  their  Joshua  and  a  pure  Lutheran 
preacher  of  the  same  on  the  east  and  west  side  of  the 
Hudson  river.  His  first  arrival  was  with  Lord  Love- 
lace, in  1709,  the  first  of  January.  His  second  with 
Colonel  Hunter,  17 10  the  Fourteenth  of  June.  The 
Journey  of  his  soul  to  Heaven  on  St.  John's  day,  17 19 
interrupted  his  return  to  England.  Do  you  wish  to 
know  more?  Seek  in  Melanchtons  Fatherland,  who 
was  Kocherthal,  who  Harschias,  who  Winchenback. 
B.  Berkenmeyer,  S.  Huertin,  L.  Brevort." 

Huertin  took  a  very  active  part  in  the  controversy 
which  arose  among  the  congregation  of  the  French 
church,  L'Eglise  du  Saint  Esprit,  in  Pine  Street  in 
1724,  when  the  consistory  dismissed  the  elder  pastor, 
the  Rev.  Mr.  Rou,  at  the  insistence  of  the  adherents 
of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Moulinar  (whose  son's  handiwork  is 
shown  in  the  exhibition).     He  strenuously  supported 


xxxvi  Early  ^tSXS  ^0t6  Silversmiths 

the  claims  of  the  younger  pastor  MouHnar,  a  man  then 
"  most  distinguished  for  his  peaceful  Spirit,  dull  parts, 
and  unblameable  conversation  "  against  the  elder  pas- 
tor Rou — "  a  Man  of  Learning,  but  proud,  pleasurable 
and  passionate  " — In  the  dissensions  In  the  consistory 
which  resulted  In  the  dismissal  of  Mr.  Rou.  Mr.  Rou 
took  his  case  before  the  city  fathers,  who  decided  his 
dismissal  was  Irregular,  but  advised  the  congregation 
to  adjust  their  difference  amicably  among  themselves. 
Mr.  Rou  then  filed  a  Bill  In  Chancery  before  the  Gov- 
ernor, at  which  action  the  supporters  of  MouHnar, 
cognizant  of  Governor  Burnet's  predilection  for  the 
plaintiff,  withdrew  In  a  body  from  the  church. 

It  is  not  the  province  of  this  monograph  to  detail 
the  names  and  histories  of  the  two  hundred  silversmiths 
who  worked  in  New  York  during  the  seventeenth  and 
eighteenth  centuries.  Many  of  their  names  are  closely 
identified  with  our  city's  progress  and  their  descendants 
are  legion.  Possibly  enough  has  been  told  to  associate 
their  work  with  the  history  of  our  city.  They  were  a 
sturdy  lot  of  men;  some  of  them  braved  the  dangers 
of  settling  In  an  unknown  country  and  took  an  active 
part  In  the  building  up  of  the  town ;  others  lent  their 
influence  to  the  party  of  democracy  during  the  long 
struggle  for  political  independence,  which  only  ended 
with  the  birth  of  the  republic.  Their  work  was  honest, 
and  represents  the  very  beginning  of  the  development 
of  the  arts  and  crafts  In  this  city  of  ours,  and  must 
have  an  added  Interest  in  that  it  perpetuates  the  artistic 
conception  of  men  so  closely  Identified  with  the  early 
history  of  our  great  metropolis. 

R.  T.  H.  Halsey. 
October  i,  igio. 


CATALOGUE 

of 

EARLY    SILVER 


BEAKER  WITH  COVER,  DUTCH,  ABOUT  I7OO. 
LENT  BY  SAINT  MARY's  CHURCH,  BURLING- 
TON,   NEW   JERSEY 


PART  I 

The  work  of 

Butcl)  g)tlbersmtt|)s 

UNKNOWN    MAKERS. 

1.  BEAKER  WITH  COVER.  Flaring  cylindri- 
cal body  with  moulded,  repousse  base;  nulling  on 
cover,  surmounted  with  a  crown  on  six  scrolled 
brackets;  body  engraved  with  band  of  interlaced 
strap-work  inclosing  scrolls  with  birds,  scrolls  with 
cherubs'  heads,  drops  of  fruit  and  flowers,  and  three 
emblematic  birds ;  cover  engraved  with  scroll  having 
hunter,  dog,  deer,  and  birds.  H.  1 1 34  inches. 
Mark:  None. 

Inscription:  a.  BRT    (monogram)  ;  b.  BRT   dou- 
ble interlace  (script)  ;  c.  BRT  (monogram). 

Lent  by  Saint  Mary*s  Church,  Burlington,  N.  J. 

Made  about  1700,  and  probably  from  the  Low  Countries. 
See  the  note  on  this  church  under  No.  155. 

2.  BEAKER.  Engraved  with  a  band  of  interlaced 
strap-work  inclosing  scrolls  of  flowers  and  leaves, 
depending  bunches  of  fruit  alternating  with  car- 
touches, having  figures  of  amoretti,  inclosing  figures 

'  of  Faith,  Hope,  and  Charity.     Below,  three  birds 
with  olive  branches.     H.  J^i  inches. 
Marks:  (3)  Haarlem  marks. 


Part  /  |E)UtC]^  Silversmiths 

Inscription:  Dieakony  ant  Fort  Orangje  in  Nieiine- 
derlandt  anno  1660. 

Lent  by  the  First  Reformed  Church,  Albany,  N.  Y. 
See  also  under  Ahasuerus  Hendricks,  American  maker. 


..^''C'" 


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^.,.      ^-^^^^ 


In  March,  1624,  the  ship  Nieu  Nederlandt  sailed  from 
Amsterdam,  carrying  thirty  families,  chiefly  Walloons, 
and  a  few  Dutch  freemen.  The  majority  of  the  fam- 
ilies proceeded  up  the  river.  Under  the  shadow  of  the 
clay  hill  on  which  the  Capitol  now  stands,  they  built 
rude  huts  and  a  little  log  fort  which  they  named  Fort 
Orange. 

The  Albany  (Beverwyck,  Rensselaerwyck)  Church  was 
founded  in  1642,  fourteen  years  after  that  at  New  York. 
Its  first  pastor  was  Joannes  Megapolensis,  who  after- 
wards assisted  Polhemus  at  Flatbush  and  Flatlands. 
"  Domine  Megapolensis "  was  to  receive  as  salary  for 
six  years  of  pastoral  labor  "  iioo  guilders  ($440),  22j^ 
bushels  of  wheat,  and  two  firkins  of  butter  for  the  first 
three  years,  and  if  his  labors  were  satisfactory  to  the 
patroon,  he  was  to  receive  an  additional  amount  of 
200  g.  ($80)  per  annum  for  the  succeeding  three  years." 
(Hist.  Discourse  on  Reformed  Protestant  Dutch  Church 
of  Albany.)  The  pastor  at  the  time  the  two  pieces  of 
silver  here  catalogued  were  given  was  Gideon  Schaats, 
who  had  been  a  schoolmaster  at  Beest  in  Holland  before 
coming  to  America.  He  was  the  second  minister  of  the 
church,  serving  from  1652  for  more  than  thirty  years. 


Part  I  ?©UtC5  Silversmiths  5 

3.  BEAKER.  Flaring  cylindrical  body  with  mould- 
ed base ;  engraved  with  a  band  of  interlacing  strap- 
work  inclosing  scrolls  of  flowers  and  leaves,  three 
groups  of  depending  scrolls,  drops  of  fruit  and  flow- 
ers, and,  below,  three  birds.  H.  7>i^  inches. 
Marks:  (3)  Haarlem  marks. 
Inscription:  H^.W 

Lent  by  the  Collegiate  Church,  New  York. 

In  New  York  City  the  Reformed  Dutch  Church  was 
called  the  Collegiate  Church.  Worship  was  conducted 
in  diflFerent  buildings,  in  the  Fort  from  1628  to  1693;  in 
Garden  Street,  called  the  South  Church,  from  1693  to 
1813,  when  the  edifice  was  burned;  the  Middle  Church, 
Cedar  Street,  corner  of  Nassau,  from  1727  to  1844,  "when 
the  building  was  given  up;  in  the  North  Church,  on 
Fulton  Street,  corner  of  William,  from  1769  to  1874;  in 
Ninth  Street  from  1836  to  1861;  in  Lafayette  Place  from  Q 

1839  (called  the  Middle  Church  from  1855)  ;  in  Twenty- 
ninth  Street  and  Fifth  Avenue  from  1854;  and  Forty- 
eighth  Street  and  Fifth  Avenue  from  1868. 
The  Garden  Street  congregation  separated  from  the  Col- 
legiate Church  after  the  fire  and  became  known  as  the 
South  Dutch  Church. 


4.  BEAKER.  Flaring  cylindrical  body  with  mould- 
ed and  repousse  base;  engraved  with  a  band  of  inter- 
laced strap-work  inclosing  scrolls  of  flowers  and 
leaves,  three  depending  scrolls  inclosing  cartouches 
with  figures  of  Fortitude,  Strength,  and  Wisdom, 
and  below,  three  birds  with  olive  branches.  H.  7^4 
inches. 

Marks:  (3)  Haarlem  marks. 
Inscription:   H;^W 

Lent  by  the  Collegiate  Church,  New  York. 


Part  I  ?©UtC]^  Silversmiths 

I.  BEAKER.  Border  of  interlaced  bands  inclosing 
scrolls  of  flowers  and  leaves,  with  depending  bunches 
of  fruit;  between  these,  figures  with  bows  and 
arrows  and  cartouches  inclosing  figures  of  Faith, 
Hope,  and  Charity;  below,  birds  with  olive 
branches.  H.  6^  inches. 
Marks:  (3)  Haarlem  marks. 
Inscription:  Catharina  Van  Cortlant  (script). 

Lent  by  the  First  Reformed  Church,  Tarrytown, 

New  York. 

The  church  at  Tarrytown,  formerly  called  Philipsburg, 
was  established  in  1697.  The  silver  has  been  "  used 
since  the  church  was  founded.  They  were  given  by 
Frederic  Flypse  or  Fredryck  Flypse  at  the  tinoi^  the 
church  was  built.  The  baptismal  bowl  originally  set  in 
a  kind  of  ring  that  extended  out  from  the  pulpit." 


CHALICE,   SWEDISH,   XVIII  CENTURY.      LENT   BY  HOLY 
TRINITY    CHURCH,   WILMINGTON,   DELAWARE 


PART  II 

The  work  of 

g)tDetfts!)  g)ilbers(mitj)s 

UNKNOWN    MAKER. 

5.  CHALICE  WITH  PATEN-COVER.  Spheri- 
cal bowl;  hexagonal  stem;  round  knop  with  two 
rows  of  repousse  scallops  inclosing  engraved  flowers 
and  letters  S  M  I  N  R  I  between  four  moulded 
bands;  wide,  flaring,  moulded  foot  sexfoil.  H.  9% 
inches.     Paten,  D.  6  inches. 

Marks  on  chalice:  C.  B.,  in  circle  with  crown 
above.  Portions  of  two  others.  These  marks 
are  those  of  Christiania  and  date  from  the  early 
part  of  the  eighteenth  century. 
Inscription:  Chalice;  a.  Fahlu  Bergslags  Schenck: 
til  H :  Tref al-Kirkiopo  China  i  Penfylvanien  Ao 
1718/Affefor  och  Bergmaftare:  Herr:  Anders 
Swab:  b,  H:  Erick  Biorck-P-Fahlu-Fordom 
Wid  China  i  Penfylvanien:  e.  Tag  och  drick: 
thetta  ar  min  blod:  c.  Tager  Ock  att:  datta  ar 
min  Lekomen.  Paten;  Tager  ock  att  datta  ar 
min  Lekomen  (script). 
Translation:  a.  Gift  of  the  Mining  Company  of 
Fahlun  to  Holy  Trinity  Church  at  Christina,  in 
Pennsylvania,  a.d.  1718,  Assessor  and  Mine 
Master,  Andrew  Swab.  Magister  Eric  Bjork, 
7 


8       Part  II  ^tOeDljS]^  Silversmiths 

Pastor  of  Fahlun,  formerly  at  Christina,  in 
Pennsylvania:  b.  Take  and  drink,  this  is  my 
blood.     Paten;  Take  and  eat,  this  is* my  body. 

Lent  by  Holy  Trinity  Church,  Wilmington,  Dela- 
ware. 

This  chalice  is  a  reminder  of  the  small  colony  of  Swedes 
who  settled  in  Delaware  in  1640  and  164X,  remaining 
there  only  until  1655,  when  Governor  Stuyvesant  with 
the  representative  of  his  church,  Dominie  Megapolensis, 
turned  them  out  after  a  bloodless  conflict.  The  Rev.  Eric 
Bjork,  pastor  of  Holy  Trinity  Church  from  1696  to  1714, 
after  he  had  been  recalled  to  Sweden  and  appointed  pas- 
tor at  Fahlun,  sent  this  chalice  to  Wilmington  as  a  gift. 

6.     BOX  WITH  COVER.     Oval,  with  moulded 
cover.    L.  3j^  inches. 
Marks:  None. 
Inscription:  Trinity  Church  A.D.   1718. 

Lent  by  Holy  Trinity  Church,  Wilmington,  Dela- 
ware. 


TANKARD,     BY    PETER    VAN    DYCK.       LENT    BY    R.    T. 
HAINES    HALSEY 


PART  III 

The  work  of 

^meruan  g)tlbersmiti)S 


LA. 

7.  FLAGON.  Bulbous  body  with  wide  neck; 
splayed  fluted  foot  having  moulding  on  edge;  tall 
domed  cover  with  moulding  on  edge;  open  scroll 
purchase,  fluted  at  top ;  hinge  drop  on  handle ;  scroll 
handle  with  heart-shaped  tip.  H.  g%  inches. 
Mark:  I  A  (script),  in  square. 

Inscription:  B.  M.  L.  (script),  interlaced. 

Lent  by  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  Trenton, 

New  Jersey. 

The  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Trenton  was,  accord- 
ing to  a  tablet  in  the  church,  formed  in  1712,  built  in 
1726,  rebuilt  in  1805. 

ADRIAN  BANCKER  (1703-c.  1761).  Son  of 
Evert  Bancker,  Mayor  of  Albany.  Born  October  JO, 
1703.  Married  Elizabeth  van  Taerling  in  New  York, 
January  30,  1729.  Admitted  as  a  Freeman,  New 
York,  173J'  Continued  his  trade  for  about  thirty 
years.  Collector  of  the  South  Ward  from  1733  to 
1736. 

8.  BAPTISMAL  BASIN.     Spherical  bowl;  wide 
plain  rim  with  moulded  edge.     D.  io>^  inches. 
Mark:  A  B.  in  oval. 


lo     Part  III  amerfcan  silversmiths 

Inscriptions:  a.  Om  na  dit  leev'  o.  Mensch  het 
eeuwig  Levent'erven ;  |  Zyt  reyn  in  Christus 
bloed,  en  sterf  dore  Voor  uw  sterven.  |  Die  in 
Gods  Zone  leeft,  reets  eeuwig  Leven  heeft,  |  En 
leeft  door't  waar  geloof,  die  in  de  Liefde  leeft. 
b.  (Seal.)  siG.  ECCL.  prot.  belg.  reform,  nov. 
EBORACENSis.  1744-  c.  Reformed  Protestant 
Dutch  Church  of  the  City  of  New  York  (script). 

Lent  by  the  Collegiate  Church,.  New  York. 

9.     BEAKER.     H.  7  inches. 
Mark:  A  B,  in  oval. 
Inscription:  None. 

Lent  by  the  Rochester  Church,  Accord,  New  York. 

The  Rochester  Church  was  organized  in  1701,  the  begin- 
ning of  its  life  coinciding  with  that  of  the  community  it- 
self. It  shared  for  several  years  the  fostering  care  of 
the  Rev.  Petrus  Vas  and  the  Rev.  G.  W.  Mancius  of 
Kingston.  Eager  for  a  minister  of  their  own,  the  churches 
of  Marbletown,  Rochester,  and  Wawarsing  in  1751  sent 
Jacobus  Frelinghuysen  to  Holland  to  complete  his  studies 
at  the  University  of  Utrecht  and  return  as  their  clergy- 
man. He  was  licensed  and  ordained  by  the  Classis  of 
Amsterdam  and  sailed  for  America,  but  died  during  his 
passage  over. 

10.  CREAM  JUG.  Pear-shaped  body  with  spherical 
bottom;  serrated  edge;  three  cabriole  legs;  double 
scrolled  handle.     H.  4J^  inches. 

Mark ;  A  B,  in  oval. 
Inscription:  None. 

Lent  by  Luke  Vincent  Lockwood. 

11.  PORRINGER.  Handle  with  three  piercings; 
with  a  modern  cover.     D.  5^  inches. 


BAPTISMAL  BASIN,    BY  ADRIAN   BANCKER.      LENT   BY 
THE    COLLEGIATE   CHURCH,    NEW  YORK 


Part  III  american  silversmiths      1 1 

Mark:  A  B,  in  oval. 
Inscription:  p     g 

Lent  by  Mrs.  Robert  Remsen. 

12.  TEAPOT.  Bell-shaped;  moulded  lip  and  shoul- 
der band;  splayed  foot;  tall,  moulded,  domed  cover 
vi^ith  finial ;  octagonal  curved  spout ;  straight  handle 
sockets;  double  scrolled  wood  handle  with  silver 
tip.     H.  7^  inches. 

Mark:  A  B,  in  oval. 

Inscription:  a.  j^^;  b.  L.S.W.  (Gothic). 
Lent  by  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey. 

13.  PORRINGER.     D.  5  inches. 
Mark:  A  B,  in  oval. 

Inscription:  a,  S  M;  b.  Modern  record. 

Lent  by  Judge  A.  T.  Clearwater. 

14.  TANKARD.  Flat  domed  lid;  double  scroll 
purchase;  hinge  drop;  scroll  handle  (half  rat-tail), 
with  oval  on  tip.     H.  6^  inches. 

Mark:  A.  B.,  in  oval. 

Inscriptions:  tf.  C  T  E  interlaced  (script)  ;  ^.  a     t 
Anonymous  loan. 

15.  PORRINGER.  Handle  with  three  piercings. 
D.  53/^  inches. 

Mark ;  A  B,  pellet  below,  in  a  heart. 
Inscription:  jj    q 

Lent  by  Mrs.  Robert  Remsen. 


12     Part  III  american  silversmiths 

SIMEON  A.  BAYLEY.  Worked  in  New  York. 
1790-1796. 

16.  TEAPOT.      Oval;    sides   elaborately    engraved 
-with,  garlands,  borders,  and  panels;  beaded  edges; 
bell-shaped  cover  with  urn  finial;  straight  handle 
sockets.     D.  63^  inches.     H.  6J^  inches. 
Mark:  Bayley,  in  shaped  rectangle. 
Inscription:  I  E  C  interlaced,  (Euphemia  Colville) 

(script). 

Lent  by  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey. 

JOHN  BEDFORD.  Worked  at  Fishkili  Dutch- 
ess county,  from  shortly  after  the  Revolution  until  his 
death  in  1S34. 

17.  SUGAR  TONGS.  Narrow,  engraved  border; 
acorn-shaped  tips.     L.  63^  inches. 

Mark:  I  Bedford   (script),  in  rectangle. 
Inscription:  I  W,  interlaced   (script). 

Lent  by  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey. 

THAUVET  BESLEY.  Admitted  as  a  Free- 
man in  New  York,  1727, 

18.  TANKARD.  Reeded  rim  and  base;  flat  mould- 
ed cover  with  serrated,  engraved  front  edge ;  double- 
scroll  purchase;  rat-tail  on  scroll  handle;  lozenge 
tip.     H.  7%  inches. 

Mark:  T  B,  monogram,  crown  above. 

Inscription:  t^t 

Lent  by  Mrs.  Richard  S.  Ely. 


Part  III  ametican  silversmiths      i  3 

A.  BLANC  HARD.  Lexington,  Kentucky,  about 
1800. 

19.  MUG.  Cylindrical  body;  moulded  lip  and  bot- 
tom; flat  (five-sided)  scroll  handle.  H.  6  inches; 
D.  5  inches. 

Mark:  A.  BLANCHARD,  in  long  oval. 
Inscription:       Frankfort       Presbyterian       Church 
(script). 

Lent  by  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  Frankfort, 

Kentucky. 

The  city  of  Frankfort  is  situated  upon  the  first  parcel  of 
ground  surveyed  and  located  in  what  is  now  the  State  of 
Kentucky.  No  record  gives  the  exact  date  of  the  organ- 
ization of  the  church,  but  from  reliable  information  1816 
may  be  fixed  upon  as  the  year. 

20.  MUGS  (2).  Same  as  above.  H.  4}i  and  4^ 
inches;  D.  3>4  and  3^,  inches. 

Mark:  A.  BLANCHARD,  in  long  oval. 
Inscription:       Frankfort       Presbyterian       Church 
(script). 

Lent  by  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  Frankfort, 
Kentucky. 

HENDRIK  BOELEN.  Son  of  Jacob  Boelen; 
married  Anneken  Kourt;  daughter  Anna  baptized, 
Nov.  28,  1686;  died,  1755.     See  page  xxiv. 

21.  BASIN.     Shallow  depression  domed  in  the  cen- 
ter; moulded  flaring  rim.     D.  15%  inches. 
Mark:  PB>  in  shaped  shield. 

Inscription:  None. 

Lent  by  the  Collegiate  Church,  New  York. 


14      Part  III  amewan  silversmiths 

22.  BEAKER.  Moulded  foot  with  band  of  repousse 
crosses;  engraved  with  a  band  of  interlacing  strap- 
work  inclosing  scrolls  of  leaves  and  flowers  and 
branches,  which  depend  in  three  groups  surround- 
ing cartouches  containing  figures  of  Trurei,  cXttcBS 
and  cvyaiTfji^,     H.  6%  inches. 

Mark:  Pfi,  in  shaped  shield. 
Inscription:  None. 

Lent  by   the   Reformed  Church,   Flatlands,   Long 

Island. 

The  church  at  Flatlands  (Amersfoort),  Long  Island,  was 
founded  in  1654,  under  the  general  pastorate  of  J.  T. 
Polhemus. 

Rev.  Mr.  Polhemus  had  his  morning  discourse  at  Flat- 
bush,  with  his  evening  service  alternately  at  Midwout 
and  Breuckelen.  In  consequence  of  this  arrangement 
Governor  Stuyvesant  was  presented  with  the  following 
remonstrance  by  the  people  of  Brooklyn: 
"  Every  fortnight  on  Sundays  he  comes  here,  only  in  the 
afternoon  for  a  quarter  of  an  hour,  when  he  only  gives 
us  a  prayer  in  lieu  of  a  sermon,  by  which  we  can  receive 
very  little  instruction;  while  often,  while  one  supposes 
the  prayer  or  sermon  ...  is  beginning,  then  it  is  actu- 
ally at  an  end,  by  which  he  contributes  very  little  to  the 
edification  of  his  congregation." 

23.  BEAKERS  (2).  Engraved  with  a  band  of  in- 
terlaced strap-work  inclosing  scrolls  of  leaves,  flow- 
ers, and  branches.     H.  6j^  inches. 

Mark:   PBj  i"  shaped  shield. 
Inscription:  None. 

Lent  by  the  Reformed  Church,  Bergen,  New  Jersey. 

The  Bergen  Church  (Jersey  City)  was  founded  in  1662. 
"  In  September  the  civil  authorities  of  the  village  peti- 
tioned the  governor  and  his  council  for  a  minister  of  the 
gospel,  at  the  same  time  subjoining  a  subscription  list,  by 
which    twenty-five    persons    had    obligated    themselves 


,^^y  ■v^^'V!^j^.t  js--^iT^,^^s.'  -r  ^ -'A..^:. -^JS 


BEAKER,    BY    HENDRIK   BOELEN.      LENT   BY  THE    RE- 
FORMED   CHURCH,    FLATLANDS,    LONG   ISLAND 


Part  III  amcrican  silversmiths      15 

yearly  to  contribute  the  amount  of  417  guilders  in  see- 
wan  for  his  support.  But  the  affairs  of  the  province  at 
this  period  were  in  such  a  bad  condition  .  .  .  that  .  .  . 
the  petition  had  to  be  ignored,  and  Bergen,  for  almost  a 
century  afterwards  (till  1750),  remained  without  the 
services  of  a  local  pastor."  The  schoolmaster  filled  the 
minister's  place. 

"  On  May  26,  1678,  Bergen's  first  communion  set  was 
bought  at  an  expense  of  74  guilders  10  stivers  and 
consisted  of  the  following  articles:  'eight  lbs.  of  pewter, 
being  three  plates  and  a  pitcher  of  6  guilder  the  pound, 
and  two  pewter  beakers  at  12  guilder  apiece,  and  i  el 
of  Ossenburger  linen.'  On  January  26,  1731,  the  pewter 
cups  were  changed  for  two  silver  ones,  bought  of  Hen- 
drikus  Boele,  and  costing  519  guilders  10  stivers  in 
seewan.  These  latter  cups  are  still  in  possession  of  the 
Bergen  Reformed  Church,  and  do  service  at  every  com- 
munion." (Sketch  of  Early  History  of  Reformed  Dutch 
Church  of  Bergen — Versteeg.) 

24.  TANKARD.  Tapering  cylindrical  body  with 
moulded  lip  and  base ;  flat  domed  cover,  having  coin 
of  Louis  XV,  dated  1727  inlaid;  serrated  front 
edge;  scroll  purchase  and  moulded  hinge;  scrolled 
handle  with  cherub's  head  tip.  H.  7  inches. 
Mark:  J-g,  in  shaped  shield. 

Inscription:   a.    V    C    N,    interlaced    (script);    b. 

Coat-of-arms ;  ^-     m 
Lent  by  Mrs.  Robert  Temple  Emmet. 

25.  BEAKERS  (2).  Repousse  ornament  between 
the  moulded  lines  of  the  foot ;  engraved  with  a  band 
of  interlacing  strap-work  inclosing  scrolls  of  flow- 
ers and  leaves,  which  depend  in  three  groups  and 
surround  cartouches  containing  figures  of  Spes, 
Fides,  and  Charitas.    H.  6]/%  inches. 

Mark:  ffi,  in  shaped  shield. 


1 6      Part  III  amettcan  silversmiths 

Inscription:  As  above,  and  on  one,  1707. 

Lent  by  the  New  Utrecht  Reformed  Church,  Brook- 
lyn, New  York. 

The  church  at  New  Utrecht  was  founded  in  1677  with 
the  Rev.  Casparus  Van  Zuuren  as  clergyman.  Flatbush, 
Flatlands,  Brooklyn,  and  New  Utrecht  shared  his  serv- 
ices. In  1707,  530  guilders— or  $212 — were  paid  for  two 
cups  for  the  communion  service,  which  are  the  old  silver 
ones  now  in  use. 

On  the  Sabbaths  the  clergyman  was  unable  to  be  pres- 
ent, services  were  conducted  by  the  voor-lezer,  or  clerk — 
probably  the  village  schoolmaster.  He  performed  the 
duties  of  sexton,  chorister,  lay  reader,  and  catechist. 

LB.     New  York,  1680. 

26.  BEAKER.  Flaring  cylindrical  body  with  mould- 
ed base;  engraved  with  a  band  of  interlacing  strap- 
work  inclosing  scrolls  of  flowers  and  leaves,  which 
depend  in  three  groups  surrounding  cartouches  in- 
closing figures  of  Faith,  Hope,  and  Charity,  and 
below,  trees.  H.  7^  inches. 
Mark:  I  B,  in  shield. 

Inscription:  Een  tecken  Van  lief  den  en  Waerhyt  | 
tot  Kercke  aen  Kinftoun  |  A.  1683. 

Lent   by   the    First   Reformed   Church,    Kingston, 

New  York. 
Hermanns  Blom,  ordained  to  preach  in  the  New  Nether- 
lands "  both  on  water  and  on  the  land,  and  in  all  the 
neighborhood,  but  principally  in  Esopus,"  came  to  the 
new  country  upon  the  urgent  request  of  the  Classis,  an 
ecclesiastical  judicatory,  like  the  Presbytery  of  the  Pres- 
byterian Church,  and  was  assigned  to  the  settlement  of 
Esopus,  Kingston,  as  the  one  most  in  need  of  his  minis- 
trations. The  Church  at  that  place  was  organized  under 
his  ministry  in  1659.  This  Church  was  served  until  De- 
cember, i8o8,  by  pastors  educated  in  universities  of  Hol- 
land and  Germany,  who  preached  in  Dutch. 


Part  III  American  silversmiths      17 

26.1.  BAPTISMAL  BASIN.  Flaring  moulded 
rim,  spherical  bowl  (later  foot  added).  D.  io}4 
inches. 

Mark:  I  B,  quatrefoil  below,  in  shield. 
Inscription:  Fredryck  Flypfe   (script). 

Lent  by  the  First  Reformed  Church,  Tarrytown, 
New  York. 

JACOB  BOELEN.  Worked  in  New  York  from 
1680;  married  Katharina  Klock;  daughter  Byken  bap- 
tized July  14,  1680;  admitted  as  a  Freeman  in  New 
York,  1698;  a  brother-in-law  of  Dirck  Ten  Eyck.  See 
page  xxiii. 

27.  BOWL.  Divided  into  six  panels  by  repousse 
ornament;  two  scroll  handles  ending  in  term; 
moulded  base.     D.  5^/2  inches. 

Mark:  I  B,  in  shaped  shield.     (The  Boelen  mark, 

but  partially  illegible.) 
Inscription:  a.  AVV;  b,  TVV;  f.  MSR 

Lent  by  Mrs.  Robert  Remsen. 

28.  BASINS  (2).  Flat  domed  depression;  flaring 
moulded  rim.     D.  14^  inches. 

Mark:  I  B,  in  shaped  shield. 
Inscription:  None. 

Lent  by  the  Collegiate  Church,  New  York. 

29.  TANPCARD.  Moulded  lip  and  moulded  base 
embossed  with  cord ;  domed  cover  with  flat  top ;  ser- 
rated front  edge  and  double  spiral  purchase;  scroll 


1 8      Part  III  american  silversmiths 

handle  with  moulded  drop  and  shield  tip.     H.  53/2 

inches. 

Mark:  I  B,  in  shaped  shield. 

Inscription:  Crest,  ram's  head  and  oak  branches. 

Lent  by  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey. 

EPHRAIM  BRASHER.  This  name  appears  in 
the  New  York  Directory,  1786-1805;  member  of  the 
Gold  and  Silver  Smiths'  Society.  Brasher  made  the  die 
for  the  famous  doubloon  known  by  his  name. 

30.  BAPTISMAL  BASIN.     Spherical  bowl;  flar- 
ing, moulded,  and  beaded  rim.    D.  10^  inches. 
Mark:  E  B,  in  oval. 

Inscription:  a.  The  North  Church  |  April  15th, 
1796  (script)  ;  b.  Reformed  Protestant  Dutch 
Church  of  the  City  of  New  York  (script). 

Lent  by  the  Collegiate  Church,  New  York. 

31.  CREAMER.  Inverted  bell  shape;  slender  stem; 
round  spreading  foot  on  square  base ;  beading  around 
lip  and  foot;  high  strap  handle,  moulded.  H.  7^ 
inches. 

Mark:  E  B,  in  oval. 

Inscription:  a.  R  B,  interlaced  (script)  ;  ^.  W  D  B. 

Lent  by  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey. 

32.  MUG.  Splayed  foot ;  scrolled  handle  with  acan- 
thus leaf.    H.  5^  inches. 

Mark:  E  B,  in  oval. 
Inscription:  None. 

Lent  by  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey. 


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HS^pr 

BOWL,     BY    JACOB     BOELEN.        LEXT    BY 
MRS.   ROBERT   REMSEX 


MUGS,  BY  JOHX  HASTIER.  LENT  BY  THE  FIRST 
PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH,  SOUTHAMPTON,  LONG 
ISLAND 


BOWL,    BY    SIMEON    SOUMAINE.       LENT    BY    MRS. 
ROBERT    REMSEN 


Part  III  american  silversmiths      19 

J.  C.  &  CO. 

33.  CREAMER.  Octagonal  helmet  shape ;  moulded 
foot  on  octagonal  base;  wire  handle.  H.  7^  inches. 
Mark:  J.  C.  &  Co.,  in  rectangle. 

Inscription:  M.  G,  interlaced  (script). 

Lent  by  Mrs.  George  S.  DeWitt. 

34.  TEAPOT.  Octagonal,  with  domed  cover  and 
finial;  straight  spout;  engraved  with  bands  and 
garlands.     H.  7  inches. 

Mark:  J.  C.  &  Co.,  in  rectangle. 
Inscription:  MG,  interlaced  (script). 

Lent  by  Mrs.  George  S.  DcWitt. 

w.  s.  c. 

35.  MUG.  Pear-shaped  body;  moulded  lip  and 
splayed  foot;  double  curved,  foliated  handle.  H. 
4  inches. 

Mark:  i.  \Y    S  ^"  oval;  2.  N  York,  in  rectangle. 
Inscription:  S  B  R,  interlaced   (script),  in  a  car- 
touche. 

Lent  by  Professor  Theodore  S.  Woolsey. 

P.  CHITRY.     Worked  in  New  York  1816-1833, 

36.  ALMS  BASINS  (2).  Flat  domed  depression; 
flat  moulded  rim.     D.  10  inches. 

Mark:  P.  Chitry,  in  long  oval. 

Inscription:  a.  Zion  Church  Presented  by  the  La- 
dies 1820  (script)  ;  b.  N.  on  one  and  N.  G. 
(North  aisle  and  north  gallery  aisle.) 


20     Part  III  amencan  silversmiths 

Lent  by  the  Church  of  Zion  and   Saint  Timothy, 

New  York. 

Zion  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  of  New  York  was  in- 
corporated in  i8io.  At  that  time  an  English  Lutheran 
Church,  composed  largely  of  English-speaking  descend- 
ants of  German  Lutherans,  was  dissolved  and  became  a 
parish  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church.  St.  Tim- 
othy's Church  was  incorporated  in  1854  under  the  rec- 
torship of  the  Rev.  James  Cole  Tracey.  In  1890  these 
two  churches  were  united  under  the  corporate  title  of  the 
Church  of  Zion  and  St.  Timothy. 

A.  D. 

37.  CHALICES  (2).  Cup-shaped  bowl;  flaring 
lip;  rounded  knop;  moulded  foot.  H.  8%  inches. 
Mark:  A.D.,  in  oval. 

Inscription:  A  GiFT  |  OF  THE  HoNR*^=  | 
John  Reading  Efq  |  Deceased  |  to 
THE  Eastern  Presbi  |  terian  Con- 
gregation I  IN  Amwell  1767  (script), 
in  cartouche. 

Lent  by   the  Amwell   First   Presbyterian   Church, 

Reaville,  N.  J. 

The  Amwell  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Reaville, 
N.  J.,  was  organized  between  1715  and  1733. 

JOHN     DAVID.      (1736-179S).     Son   of  Peter 
David,  Philadelphia. 

38.  ALMS  BASIN.    Flat  bowl  with  flat  moulded 
rim.     D.  lo^^  inches. 

Mark:  J  D,  in  oval  (small). 
Inscription:   The    Gift    of    the    Honour- 
.   able  Iohn  Penn  Esq«  to  S^  Peter's 
Church  at  Lewistown  June  id  1773 


<  is 


y. 


u 


Part  III  amettcan  silversmiths      21 

Lent  by  Saint  Peter's  Church,  Lewes,  Delaware. 

St  Peter's  Church,  Lewes,  Delaware,  had  its  beginnings 
in  1689  through  the  aid  of  the  Society  for  the  Propaga- 
tion of  the  Gospel.  The  plate,  as  stated  in  the  inscrip- 
tion, was  presented  in  1773  by  John  Penn,  who  was 
grandson  of  William  Penn,  the  founder  of  Pennsylvania, 
and  governor  of  that  province  from  1773  to  1775,  when 
because  his  loyalty  to  the  colonies  was  doubted  he  was 
superseded. 

39.  CHALICE     WITH     COVER.       Cup-shaped 
bowl;  moulded  lip;  round  knop  between  two  col- 
lars on  stem  which  ends  in  moulded  foot;  moulded 
domed  cover  with  spiral  finial.     H.  12  inches. 
Mark:  IDAVID,  in  oblong. 

Inscription:  The  Gift  of  the  Hon^^=  Iohn 
Penn  Esq^  to  S^  Peter's  Church  at 
Lewistown   June  10  1773 

Lent  by  Saint  Peter*s  Church,  Lewes,  Delaware. 

40.  FLAGON.  Bulbous  body  with  moulded,  splayed 
foot ;  moulded  domed  cover  with  scroll  purchase  and 
hinge  drop;  scroll  handle  with  shield  tip.  H.  10 
inches. 

Mark:  IDAVID,  in  rectangle. 
Inscription:  As  above. 

Lent  by  Saint  Peter*s  Church,  Lewes,  Delaware. 

41.  MUG.  Bulbous  body;  moulded,  splayed  foot; 
scroll  handles  with  acanthus  leaf.  H.  5^  inches. 
Mark:  IDAVID,  in  rectangle. 

Inscription:  A  F,  interlaced  (script). 

Lent  by  Herbert  Dupuy. 


22      Part  III  amertcan  silversmiths 

JOSEPH  DUBOIS.  Worked  in  New  York 
1790-1798. 

42.  ALMS  BASIN.  Flat  domed  depression;  flaring 
rim.    H.  9j^  inches. 

Mark:  JDUBOIS,  in  rectangle. 

Inscription:  The  Gift  of  Leonard  Bleecker  to  the 

Reformed   Dutch   Church  in  New  York   1792 

(script). 

Lent  by  the  Collegiate  Church,  New  York. 

GARY  DUNN.  Worked  in  New  York  for  thirty- 
one  years  from  176s,  when  he  was  admitted  as  Free- 
man; member  of  the  Gold  and  Silver  Smiths^  Society, 
1786, 

43.  SUGAR  TONGS.  Arms  with  interlaced 
branches;  pierced  end  with  narrow  engraved  bor- 
ders; shell-shaped  tips.     L.  6^  inches. 

Mark:  CDUNN,  in  rectangle. 
Inscription:  C  A. 

Lent  by  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey. 

44.  TANKARD.  Moulded  base ;  domed  cover  with 
flat  top  and  serrated  front  edge;  scroll  purchase; 
scroll  handle  with  drop.     H.  7  inches. 

Mark:  GDUNN,  in  rectangle. 
Inscription:  J  J  B,  interlaced  (script). 

Lent  by  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey. 
I.  W.  FORBES.     New  York,  N.  Y.,  1805-1S20. 

45.  STANDING  CUPS  (2).  Ovoid  bowl;  trum- 
pet-shaped stem;  moulded  base.     H.  7^  inches. 


Part  III  American  silversmiths     23 

Mark:  a.  I.  W.  FORBES,  in  rectangle;  b.  Sheaf 

of  wheat. 
Inscription:  Eng^^  Luth^  Church  Zion  |  Presented 

by  the  Ladies  |  1806  (script). 

Lent  by  the  Church  of  Zion  and  Saint  Timothy, 

New  York. 

Zion  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  of  New  York  was  in- 
corporated in  i8io.  At  that  time  an  English  Lutheran 
Church,  composed  largely  of  English-speaking  descend- 
ants of  German  Lutherans,  was  dissolved  and  became  a 
parish  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church.  St.  Tim- 
othy's Church  was  incorporated  in  1854  under  the  rec- 
torship of  the  Rev.  James  Cole  Tracey.  In  1890  these 
two  churches  were  united  under  the  corporate  title  of  the 
Church  of  Zion  and  St.  Timothy. 

46.  FLAGON.     Oval   bulbous  body;   short   stem; 
moulded  foot;  moulded  domed  cover  with  round 
finial;  flat  serrated  purchase  with  flat  hinges  (?) 
on  a.  flat  curved  handle.     H.  13^^  inches. 
Mark:  L  W.  FORBES,  in  rectangle. 
Inscription:  (on  both  sides)  Eng^^  Luth"  Ch^  Zion 

I  Presented  by  the  Ladies  |  1806  (script). 

Lent  by  the  Church  of  Zion  and  Saint  Timothy, 

New  York. 

47.  FLAGON  WITH  SPOUT.  Tapering  cylin- 
drical body;  splayed  foot;  moulded  cover  with 
round  knob  and  moulded  hinge;  curved  handle; 
nulling  on  edge,  midband,  and  bottom  of  foot.  H. 
12  inches. 

IWF 

Marks:  a.  L  W.  FORBES,  in  rectangle;  b.        *     ; 

N.Y. 

c.  Anchor;  d.  Star;  e.  Head;  /.  C. 


24     Part  in  amerfCan  silversmiths 

Inscription:  None. 

Lent  by  Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie,  New  York. 

In  1756  the  Rev.  Samuel  Seabury  became  a  missionary 
to  Dutchess  County  by  the  appointment  of  the  venerable 
Society.  In  1764  he  recorded  the  great  opportunity  for 
work  in  that  county  with  the  hope  that  "  the  Society  will 
Send  Some  very  pious  young  Clergyman  to  make  them  a 
Tender  of  his  service."  This  clergyman  proved  to  be 
Mr.  John  Beardsley,  who  was  in  charge  of  the  parishes 
of  Norwich  and  Groton,  Conn.  He  found  the  people  of 
Poughkeepsie  eager  for  his  services.  As  he  wrote, 
"  They  have  set  about  building  a  Church  and  are  deter- 
mined to  procure  100  acres  of  land  for  a  glebe." 

48.     PATENS  (2).    Flat,  with  flaring  rim;  trumpet 
stem;  moulded   foot.     D.   a.   8^    inches;   b.  93^ 
inches. 
Mark:  K  I  W  FORBES,  in  rectangle;  2.  Sheaf 

of  wheat. 
Inscription:  Eng^^  Luth"  Ch^  Zion  |  Presented  by 

the  Ladies.     1806  (script). 

Lent  by  the  Church  of  Zion  and  Saint  Timothy, 
New  York. 


WILLIAM  G.  FORBES,  admitted  as  Free- 
man, 1773^  name  appears  in  first  New  York  Directory, 
1786,  under  notice  of  a  meeting  of  the  Gold  and  Silver 
Smiths'  Society;  member  of  Mechanics'  Institute,  1802. 

49.     ALMS  BASINS  (2).    Domed  depression;  flar- 
ing rim.    D.  9  inches. 
Mark:  W  G  FORBES,  in  rectangle. 
Inscription:    Bushwick    Church    27*^    Aug*    1803, 
(script). 


Part  III  ametfcan  silversmiths     25 

Lent  by  the  Reformed   Church,  Bushwick,   Long 

Island. 

The   Bushwick    (Boght)    Church   was  founded   in   1654 
under  the  general  pastorate  of  Polhemus. 

50.  ALMS  BASIN.  Flat  domed  depression  with 
flaring  rim.     D.  iO>^  inches. 

Mark:  W.  FORBES,  in  rectangle. 

Inscription :  The  Gift  of  lames  C.  Roosevelt  to  the 

Reformed  Dutch  Church  in   New  York   1792 

(script). 

Lent  by  the  Collegiate  Church,  New  York. 

51.  BOWL.  Spherical,  with  four  flutings;  short 
thick  stem;  flat  fluted  foot.  H.  4^  inches;  D.  6% 
inches. 

Mark:  fl.  W  G  FORBES,  in  rectangle;  b.  eagle's 

head;  c.  sheaf  of  wheat. 
Inscription:  R  H  W,  interlaced  (script). 

Lent  by  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey. 

N.    FRANCIS.     New  York,  1805-1S16, 

52.  SPOON.     L.  75^  inches. 

Mark:  I.  N  FRANCIS,  in  oblong;  2.  eagle,  in 

square  with  serrated  top. 
Inscription:  Reformed  |  Dutch  Church  (script). 

Lent  by  the  Collegiate  Church,  New  York. 

PHILIP  GOELET.  Son  of  Jacobus  and  Jan- 
netje  Cosaer;  baptized,  Nov.  S,  1701;  admitted  as 
Freeman,  New  York,  1731;  served  as  assessor  and 
constable  at  various*  times,  1731-1747;  married  Katha-' 


26      Part  III  amerfcan  silversmiths 

rina  Boelen;  Goelet  was  a  direct  descendant  of  Jaco- 
bus Goeietj  the  early  schoolmaster,  and  later  book- 
seller and  stationer,  at  the  Sign  of  the  Bible  in  what 
is  now  Hanover  Square. 

52.  I.     BEAKER.    H.  6  inches. 
Mark:  P  G,  in  oval. 

Inscription:  In  Usum  Ecclesiae  Christi  Presbyte- 
rianae  |  apud  Neo-Eboracenses. 

Lent  by  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  New  York, 

52.  2.     BEAKERS  (3).     H. 
Mark:  P  G,  in  oval. 

Inscription:  Ex  dono  Annae  Peartree  |  Ecclesiae 
Christi  Presbyterianae  |  apud  Neo-Eboracenses 
1730.     (On  two  beakers  the  date  is  omitted.) 

Lent  by  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  New  York. 

The  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  New  York  City  was 
organized  about  1716,  with  the  Rev.  James  Anderson  as 
the  first  minister.  In  1719  the  first  church  building 
was  erected  on  Wall  Street  near  Broadway.  Later,  an- 
other church  was  built  on  the  corner  of  Beekman  and 
Nassau  Streets,  then  "  in  the  fields,"  quite  "  out  of  town." 
In  1797,  a  third  church,  the  Rutgers  Street  Church,  was 
built.  These  three  congregations  were  considered  as  one 
body  until  1809,  when  they  were  separated  by  the  Pres- 
bytery. 

53.  PEPPER-POT.  Pear-shaped;  moulded  mid- 
band;  splayed  foot;  domed  cover  with  moulded 
edge.     H.  4^   inches. 

Mark:  PG,  in  oval. 

Inscription:  ryi 

Lent  by  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey. 


Part  III  amertcan  silversmiths      27 

WILLIAM  GRIGG.  Admitted  as  Freeman, 
New  York,  ly^Sj  worked  in  Albany  at  one  time. 
Died  after  1779. 

54.  SUGAR  BOWL.  Boat-shaped;  engraved  bor- 
der around  rim  and  moulding  of  foot;  cartouche 
on  each  side.     H.  6  inches. 

Mark:  Grigg  (script),  in  shaped  rectangle. 

Lent  by  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey. 

H.  &  M.  Albany  silversmiths,  last  half  of  the  eigh- 
teenth century. 

55.  TANKARD.  Moulded  base;  domed  cover, 
with  flat  top;  serrated  front  edge;  scroll  purchase; 
double  curved  handle  with  drop.  H.  7^  inches; 
D-  5/^  inches. 

Mark:  H  &  M,  in  rectangle. 
Inscription:  <z.  W  M  V  S,  interlaced  (script);  h, 
G  W  V  S,  interlaced  (script). 

Lent  by  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey. 

JABEZ  HALSEY  (1762-1820).  Gave  up  his 
trade  in  New  York  in  1797  for  a  position  in  the 
Custom  House. 

56.  TEAPOT.  Oval;  body  richly  engraved  with 
garlands  and  ribbons;  rim  and  moulded  base  bead- 
ed; pineapple  finial;  curved  spout;  curved  handle 
sockets.     H.  7  inches. 

Mark:  IHALSEY,  in  rectangle. 
Inscription:  I  I  B,  interlaced   (script). 

Lent  by  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey. 


28      Part  III  amerfcan  silversmiths 

BENJAMIN  HALSTED.  Newark,  N.  J. 
Worked  in  New  York  as  early  as  1764.  The  follow- 
ing appeared  in  The  New-York  Gazette  or  The 
Weekly  Post-Boy,  Aug.  30,  1764. 


A 


A  Warning  Against  a  New  York  Silversmith. 

Premonition  to  those  Gentlemen  that 
may  hereafter  have  an  Occasion  to  em- 
ploy a  Silver-Smith  to  beware  of  that  Villain 
BENJAMIN  HALSTED;  lest  they  be  bit 
by  him,  as  I  have  been. 

ANDREW  BOWNE.     "28-31. 

That  Benjamin  Halsted  recovered  his  reputation  in 
later  years  is  evident  from  his  being  intrusted  by  Bishop 
Hobart  with  the  making  of  the  communion  service  for 
Trinity  Church. 

57.  CHALICES    (2).      Cup-shaped   bowl;    flaring 
lip;  rounded  knop;  trumpet  foot.     H.  6^  inches. 
Mark:  Halsted   (script),  in  shaped  rectangle. 
Inscription:  ^z.  I  H  S  with  cross  in  glory;  b.  Pre- 
sented by  the  Ladies  of  Newark  |   to  Trinity 
Church  Newark  N.  J.     A.D.  1806  (script). 

Lent  by  Trinity  Church,  Newark,  New  Jersey. 

Trinity    Church,   Newark,    N.   J.,    was    organized    about 
1743- 

58.  FLAGON.  Tapering  cylindrical  body;  mould- 
ed lip  and  band ;  splayed  base ;  curved  handle,  shield 
tip;  flat  moulded  cover;  scroll  purchase;  hinge 
drop.     H.  10%.  inches. 

Mark:  Halsted    (script),   in  shaped  rectangle. 


Part  III  amerfcan  silversmiths      29 

Inscription:  tf.  I  H  S  with  cross  in  glory;  b.  Pre- 
sented by  the  Ladies  of  Newark  |  to  Trinity 
Church  Newark  N.  J.     A.D.  1806   (script). 

Lent  by  Trinity  Church,  Newark,  New  Jersey. 

59.     PATENS  (2).     Oval,   flat,   domed   depression; 

flaring  edge;  trumpet  foot.     H.  2^  inches;  L.  7^ 

inches. 

Mark:  Halsted  (script)  in  shaped  rectangle. 

Inscription:  tf.  I  H  S  with  cross  in  glory;  b.  Pre- 
sented by  the  Ladies  of  Newark  to  Trinity 
Church  Newark  N.  J.     A.D.  1806   (script). 

Lent  by  Trinity  Church,  Newark,  New  Jersey. 

The  subjoined  estimate  of  the  cost  of  this  service  is  in- 
teresting and  is  from  the  Hobart  MS.,  endorsed  in  the 
Bishop's  writing:  "Estimate  of  plate  for  the  Altar,  by 
Mr.  Halsted,  Aug.,  1806": 

Estimate  of  the  Cost  of  a  Service  of  Plate  for  Trinity  Church, 

Newark,  N.  J. 
One  flagon,  weight  40  oz. 
Two  collection  plates,  weight  28  oz.  pair,  round, 

9  in.  diameter. 
Two  bread  plates,  with  feet,  weight  26  oz.  pair,  oval,  8^  in. 

by  7^  in. 
Two  chalices,  pint,  20  oz.  pair. 

114  oz.  at  10/ $142.50 

Workmanship  and  engraving 147 .  50 

5290.00 

Those  belonging  to  Trinity  Church,  New  York,  weigh 
as  follows: 

Oz. 

Flagon 49 

Two  chalices 3"^ 

Two  round  plates,  for  bread 33 

The  above  charges  are  estimated  as  low  as  can  be  done 
to  do  justice  ;  the  weight  may  vary  a  little  from  the  above, 
but  cannot  be  reduced  materially  without  making  the  articles 
too  diminutive. 

B.   Halsted  &  Son. 


30      Part  III  American  silversmiths 

THOMAS    HAMERSLY.      Worked    in    New 
York,  1756. 

60.  SALVER.  Circular,  moulded,  scalloped  rim; 
three  scroll  feet.  H.  1%  inches;  D.  123^  inches. 
Mark:  T  H,  in  rectangle. 

Inscription:  j     ]^»  on  bottom. 
Lent  by  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey. 

61.  TODDY  WARMER.  (Saucepan?)  Mould- 
ed band;  three  scrolled  feet  attached;  medal  inset, 
inscribed  GVLIELMVSniDEIGRA-  D.  3^ 
inches. 

Mark:  TH,  in  rectangle. 
Inscription:  None. 

Lent  by  Luke  Vincent  Lockwood. 

62.  ALMS  BASIN.  Shallow  depression;  rim  with 
moulded  edge.     D.  9^  inches. 

Mark:  TH,  in  rectangle. 

Inscription:  The  Gift  of  Mr.  John  Troup 
TO  Grace  Church  in  Jamaica  on 
Nassau  Island  in  the  Province  of 
New  York  May  y«,  i.  1761. 

Lent  by  Grace  Church,  Jamaica,  Long  Island. 

Jamaica  was  settled  in  1656  largely  by  colonists  from 
Hempstead,  who  were  Independents  or  Presbyterians. 
By  the  Ministry  Act  of  1693  it  was  enacted  that  "there 
shall  be  called,  inducted,  and  established  a  good,  suffi- 
cient Protestant  minister  .  .  .  within  one  year  ...  to 
have  the  care  of  Jamaica  and  the  adjacent  towns  and 
farms.  .  .  .  And  .  .  .  there  shall  be  annually  assessed 
.  .  .  for  each  minister,  £60  in  country  produce  at  money 
price."  Through  the  help  of  a  church  building  act 
passed  in  1699,  ^  house  of  worship  was  built  at  Jamaica. 


Part  III  amettcan  silversmiths     31 

63.  TANKARD.  Moulded  rim  and  base;  moulded 
cover  with  flat  top  and  serrated  front  edge;  scroll 
purchase;  hinge  drop;  scroll  handle  with  scroll  on 
tip.  H.  7j^  inches. 
Mark:  TH  (script),  in  oval. 
Inscription:  a.  S  P  B,  interlaced  (script),  in  a 
border;  b.  Coat-of-arms. 

Property  of  the  Museum,  gift  of  Mrs.  Evelyn  A. 
Jaffray. 


JOHN   HASTIER 

York,  1726. 


Admitted  as  Freeman,  New 


64.  MUGS  (2). 
ed  lip  and  base: 
and  ovoid  tip. 


Cylindrical  tapering  body ;  mould- 
curved  handle  with  beaded  rat-tail 
H.  634  inches. 


32      Part  III  amertcan  silversmiths 

Mark:  I  H,  in  heart. 

Inscription:  S:  Church:  1729  (script). 

Lent  by  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  Southamp- 
ton, Long  Island. 

"  The  first  minister  was  the  Rev.  Abraham  Pierson,  who 
was  appointed  in  October,  1640,  at  Boston,  to  be  the  pas- 
tor of  this  new  church  to  be  set  up  at  Southampton."  A 
church  edifice  was  erected  in  1707. 

65.  TANKARD.  Moulded  base;  scroll  purchase; 
scroll  handle;  domed  moulded  cover  with  medal 
inset;  moulded  hinge  with  drop.     Obverse:  illvs- 

TRISSIMI.     FRATRES.    lOHAN.    ET.    CORNEL:    DEWIT. 

H.  8  inches. 

Mark:  J-H,  in  rectangle. 

Inscription:  a,  ^    ^. 
G  M 

Lent  by  Mrs.  George  S.  DeWitt. 

AHASUERUS  HENDRICKS.  Married 
Neltje  Jans;  daughter  Annette  baptized  October  8, 
1679,     Freeman,  New  York,  i6q8.     See  page  xviii. 

66.  BEAKER.  Engraved  with  a  band  of  inter- 
lacing strap-work  inclosing  scrolls  of  flowers  and 
leaves,  and  with  depending  bunches  of  fruit  alter- 
nating with  cartouches,  having  figures  of  amoretti, 
inclosing  figures  of  Faith,  Hope,  and  Charity.  Be- 
low, three  birds  with  olive  branches.  H.  7^  inches. 
Mark:  A- 1,  in  oval. 

Inscription:    Dieakony    aen    nu  alBany    A°    1678 
(script). 

Lent  by  the  First  Reformed  Church,  Albany,  N.  Y. 


Part  III  amerfcan  silversmiths      33 

W.  B.  HEYER.  Worked  in  New  York.  179S- 
1827;  name  entered  in  New  York  Directories.  1815- 
1827. 

67.  TEAPOT.       Oblong,    urn-shaped;    elaborately 
chased  border;   four  ball  feet;  domed  cover  with 
oblong   repousse   finial;   scrolled   handle  with   leaf 
purchase ;  spout  with  bird  head.     H.  1 1  )4  inches. 
Mark:  i.  W.  B.  HEYER,  in  rectangle;  2.  H  & 

N,  in  rectangle. 
Inscription:  None. 

Lent  by  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey. 

68.  CREAM  PITCHER.     H.  7^  Inches. 
Mark:  a.  W.  B.  HEYER,  in  rectangle;  ^.  H  & 

N,  in  rectangle. 

Lent  by  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey. 

69.  SUGAR    BOWL.      H.    9%    inches;    D.    7% 
inches. 

Mark:  a.  W.  B.  HEYER,  in  rectangle;  ^.  H  & 
N,  in  rectangle. 

Lent  by  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey. 

W.    B.    HEYER    &    I.    GALE. 

70.  FLAGON.      Barrel-shaped   body;    reeded   rim; 
plain   base;  moulded    domed   cover;    round   finial; 
long  spout;  square  handle.     H.  I2j^  inches. 
Mark:   a,   W.    B.    HEYER,    in   rectangle;    b,   J. 

GALE,  in  rectangle. 
Inscription:  None. 

Lent  by  the  Collegiate  Church,  New  York. 


34      Part  III  atttertcatT  Silversmiths 

WILLIAM  HUERTIN.  Freeman,  1731;  died 
177  J'     See  page  xxxv. 

71.  PORRINGER.    Handle  pierced  in  keyhole  pat- 
tern.   D.  5^  inches. 

Mark:W  n/m  oval(?). 

Inscription:  y  p^ 

Lent  by  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey, 

ISAAC  HUTTON.  Bom  1767;  died  1S55; 
worked  in  Albany,  i7go-i8iO,  Treasurer  of  the 
Albany  Mechanics'  Society. 

72.  TEAPOT.      Oblong    with    concave    shoulder- 
band;  ball   feet;   four-sided  curved  spout;  oblong 
domed  cover  w^ith  oblong  finial.     H.  7%  inches. 
Mark:  a.  Hutton,  in  rectangle;  b.  Eagle  in  circle. 
Inscription:  W  W  M,  interlaced  (script). 

Lent  by  Stanley  M.  Dexter. 

73.  BOWL.     Reeded   rim;  moulded   foot.     D.    10 
inches. 

Mark:  a.  HUTTON,  in  rectangle;  b.  Eagle  in 
circle. 

Inscription:  a.  State  of  New  York  |  By  the  Society 
For  the  Promotion  of  Useful  Arts  |  this 
Premium  is  awarded  to  Frederick  Uhl  of  the  | 
county  of  Dutchefs  for  the  Best  Specimen  of  | 
Woollen  Cloth  of  Family  Manufacture 
ex-  I  hibited  the  present  year.  181 1 ;  b.  Arms  of 
the  State  of  New  York. 

Lent  by  Mr.  J.  H.  Uhl. 


Part  III  ametican  silversmiths      35 

JOHN  HUTTON,     Admitted  as  Freeman,  New 
York,  1720, 

74.  TANKARD.  Tapering  cylindrical  body; 
moulded  base ;  flat  domed  cover  with  serrated  front 
edge,  elaborately  engraved;  scrolled  purchase;  rat- 
tail  on  scrolled  handle  with  oval  on  tip.  H.  dV^ 
inches. 

Mark:  IH,  in  rectangle. 

Inscription:  a,    E   J,    double    interlaced    (script); 
b,  E*F. 

Lent  by  Luke  Vincent  Lockwood. 

I.  LEACOCK. 

74.  I.     BOWL.      Spherical;    splayed    moulded    foot 
with  ribbed  band.     D.  6j^  inches. 
Mark:  a.  I.  LEACOCK,  in  rectangle;  ^.  IL,  in 

rectangle. 
Inscription:  a.  DAC-   (script),  double  interlaced; 

b.  Presented  |  to  |  S^  John's  Church,  Salem.  | 

by  lane  Hall. 

Lent  by  Saint  John's  Church,  Salem,  New  Jersey. 

At  the  first  settlement  of  the  town  of  New  Salem,  there 
were  a  number  of  persons  who  were  members  of  the 
Church  of  England.  These  in  1722  organized  a  church 
under  the  name  of  St.  John's  Episcopal  Church  of  Salem. 
It  was  the  second  religious  society  in  the  town  of  New 
Salem,  the  Society  of  Friends  being  organized  forty-six 
years  earlier. 


CHARLES   LE  ROUX.    Worked  in  New  York, 
17 13  to  1745.    He  was  assistant  Alderman  of  the  East 


36     Part  III  amencan  silversmiths 

Ward,  1735— 1738.  He  engraved  the  seal  of  the  may- 
oralty. New  York  City,  in  1735.  He  made  the  follow- 
ing gold  boxes  for  the  Corporation  for  inclosing  the 
seals  of  complimentary  freedom:  1720,  for  Governor 
William  Burnett,  at  a  cost  of  £ig  3s.;  1723,  for 
Capt.  Peter  Solgard,  £23  igs.;  1728,  for  Governor 
John  Montgomery,  £20  6s.  6d.;  1732,  for  Governor 
William  Cosby,  £20  lis.  6d.;  1733,  for  the  Duke  of 
Grafton,  £14  8s.;  1743,  for  Governor  George  Clinton, 
£20;  silver  boxes — 1728,  for  Capt.  Covil  Mayne,  £1 
2s.  gd,  '*  For  two  silver.  Guilt  Boxes  for  the  Free- 
doms of  the  Honble  Major  Alexander  Cosby  and 
Thomas  Freeman,  Esqr.,"  £7  is.  iiYzd.  He  also 
made  the  box  of  gold  for  inclosing  the  seal  of  the  Free- 
dom presented  to  Andrew  Hamilton  of  Philadelphia, 
1735'     See  pages  xxxi  and  xxxii. 

75.     PORRINGER.     Handle  pierced  in  keyhole  pat- 
tern.    D.  5^  inches. 
Mark:  C  L 
Inscription:  P  *  S 

Lent  by  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey. 


76.  TEAPOT.  Bell-shaped ;  with  moulded  lip  and 
shoulder-band ;  moulded  splayed  base ;  slender  octag- 
onal spout  ending  in  a  griffin's  head;  high  domed 
cover;  round  finial;  straight  handle  sockets;  wood 
handle  with  silver  tip.  H.  8  inches. 
Mark:  (obliterated)  C.L.? 
Inscription:  D.  B  (script). 

Lent  by  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey. 


Part  III  ametfcan  silversmiths      37 

JOHN    LE    ROUX.     Admitted  as  a  Freeman  in 
New  York,  1725;  worked  in  Albany. 

77.  TEAPOT.  Pear-shaped  body;  moulded  shoulder 
band ;  splayed  moulded  foot ;  slender  octagonal  spout 
ending  in  griffin's  head;  high  domed  cover  with 
moulded  spherical  finial;  straight  handle  sockets. 
H.  8  inches. 
Mark:  I.  L.,  in  oblong. 

Inscription:  j^     fj 

Lent  by  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey. 


78.     MUG.     Splayed    foot;   double   scrolled   handle 
with  leaf  drop.     H.  4^  inches. 
Mark:  I  L,  in  oval. 

Lent  by  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey. 


J.   L.   MOORE. 

79.     CHALICE.     Cup-shaped  bowl;  round  knop  be- 
tween two  collars;  moulded  foot.     H.  8^  inches. 
Mark:  J.  L.  Moore,  in  rectangle. 
Inscription:  Maria  Banyer  and  her  Sister  Ann  Jay, 
to    the    Episcopal    Church    at    Bedford,    18 10 
(script). 

Lent  by  Saint  Matthew's  Church,  Bedford,  New 

York. 

In  1807,  through  John  Jay's  instrumentality,  St.  Mat- 
thew's Church  was  erected.  Before  this  date  Anglican 
missionaries  at  Rye  officiated  occasionally. 


38      Part  III  ^mttitaXi  Silversmiths 

JOHN  MOULINAR.  Admitted  as  Freeman, 
New  York,  1744;  was  working  in  iy6i.  See  page  xxxv. 

80.  STRAINER.  Flat  bowl,  pierced  in  daisy  pat- 
tern; hook  and  flat  curved  handle.  D.  5^  inches. 
Mark:  I.M,  in  rectangle. 

Inscription:  None. 

Lent  by  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey, 

81.  TEAPOT.  Pear-shaped;  richly  embossed  and 
chased  with  flowers  and  leaves ;  splayed  foot ;  domed 
cover  with  flower  and  leaf  finial;  curved  spout. 
H.  7  inches. 

Mark:  I  M,  in  rectangle. 
Inscription:  I   H.  C. 

Lent  by  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey. 

MYER  MYERS.  Admitted  as  Freeman,  New 
York,  1746;  active  until  1790;  President  of  New  York 
Silver  Smiths^  Society,  1776;  his  shop  in  17SS  ^^^ 
"  opposite  the  Meal  Market." 

82.  MUG  WITH  COVER.  Splayed  foot;  scrolled 
handle  with  shell  socket;  moulded  cover  with  pine 
cone  finial.     H.  6%  inches. 

Mark:  Myers  (script),  in  shaped  rectangle. 

Inscription:  a.  A  L,  interlaced  (script)  ;  b.  crest, 
elephant's  head  with  snake;  c.  Myer  Myers  | 
Pres'  N.  Y.  Silversmiths'  Society  |  1776.  (script). 

Lent  by  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey. 

82.  I.     ALMS   BASINS  (3).    D.  10  inches. 
Mark:  Myers  (script),  in  shaped  rectangle. 


Part  III  amertcan  silversmiths     39 

Inscription:  Ex  DoNO  Peter  R:  Livingston. 
Lent  by  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  New  York. 

JOSEPH  NEWKIRKE.  Worked  in  New 
York,  17 16. 

83.  PAP-BOAT.  Smooth  rim  and  shaped  lip. 
L.  5^4  inches. 

Mark:  IN,  in  oval. 

Lent  by  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey. 

GARRETT  ONCLEBAGH.  Married  Eliza- 
beth van  Scha'yck;  daughter  Neiltie  born  July  7,  i6gi. 
Admitted  as  Freeman,  New  York,  i6g8.  See  page 
xxvii. 

84.  BEAKERS  (2).  Engraved  with  an  interlaced 
band  inclosing  scrolls  of  flowers  and  leaves,  and 
three  cartouches  with  griffins  and  masques  inclos- 
ing figures  of  Faith,  Hope,  and  Charity.  H.  7}^ 
inches. 

Mark:  Q^Qy  in  trefoil. 

Inscription:  Deyakeny  van  Midwoud   (script). 

Lent  by   the   Reformed    Church,    Flatbush,    Long 
Island.  "^ 

Up  to  1654,  the  Dutch  on  Long  Island  had  had  no  min- 
ister or  church,  and  were  obliged  to  cross  the  East  River 
to  attend  service.  The  evil  became  so  great  that  Joannes 
Megapolensis,  pastor  at  New  Amsterdam,  and  a  com- 
mittee organized  a  church  at  Midwout  (Flatbush)  on 
February  9,  1654,  with  Johannes  T.  Polhemus,  who  was 
born  in  Holland  and  had  served  his  church  in  Brazil 
until  its  evacuation  by  the  Dutch,  as  its  first  pastor.     It 


Part  III  American   silversmiths     41 

ELIAS  PELLETREAU.  Was  a  grandson  of 
Paul  PelletreaUj  a  native  of  Arces  in  Xaintonge,  France, 
who  fled  to  New  York  in  1686.  Admitted  as  Freeman, 
New  York,  17 SO, 

86.  STRAINER.  Round  bowl,  pierced  daisy  pat- 
tern; flat  pear-shaped  handle  with  hook.  D.  ZV2 
Inches. 

Mark:  E  P,  In  rectangle. 

Lent  by  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey. 

H.  J.  PEPPER.     Worked  in  Philadelphia, 

87.  CHALICE.  Tapering  cylindrical  bowl  with 
moulded  lip;  moulded  round  knop;  moulded  base. 
H.  g%  Inches. 

Mark:  H.  I.  PEPPER,  In  rectangle. 

Inscriptions :  a.  The  Gift  of  |  Esther  Wynkoop  |  to 
Christ  Church  |  In  Dover  1766  |  Restored  by  | 
Mary  RIdgely  |  1846;  Z>.  I  H  S  (with  emblems 
of  the  Passion),  1766. 

Lent  by  Christ  Church,  Dover,  Delaware. 

The  work  of  the  church  in  Dover  was  begun  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel 
in  Foreign  Parts,  upon  the  petition  of  twenty-two  of  the 
inhabitants  of  that  town  dated  August  30,  1703.  A  min- 
ister was  provided  in  1704,  the  sum  of  £55.17.0  having 
been  raised  toward  the  payment  of  his  salary. 
The  first  church  was  founded  in  1708.  In  1733  subscrip- 
tions were  raised  for  the  erection  of  the  present  church. 

88.  PATEN.  Moulded  edge  and  moulded,  splayed 
foot.     D.  6y%  Inches. 

Mark:  H.  I.  PEPPER,  In  rectangle. 


42     Part  III  American  silversmiths 

Inscription :  The  Gift  of  |  Esther  Wynkoop  |  to 
Christ  Church  |  in  Dover  1766  |  Restored  by  | 
Mary  Ridgely  |  1846  (script). 

Lent  by  Christ  Church,  Dover,  Delaware. 

RICHARD    PITTS. 

89.  PORRINGER.     D.  5^  inches. 
Mark:  Pitts  (script),  in  long  oblong. 

Inscription:   a,  j^ ~^fj ;    b.    Alice   Whipple.    1732. 

(script). 

Lent  by  Judge  A.  T.  Clearwater. 

PETER   QUINTARD.     Admitted  as  Freeman, 
New  York,  17  31, 

90.  TANKARD.  Moulded  base ;  flat  domed  cover  ; 
serrated  front  edge;  double  scroll  purchase;  hinge 
drop;  scroll  handle.  Spout  added.  H.  7^4  inches. 
Mark:  P.  ^.,  in  square. 

Inscription:  ^    D 

Lent  by  Mrs.  Richard  E.  Ely. 

gi.     TANKARD.     Moulded   and   reeded  base;  flat 
domed  cover;  double-scroll  purchase,  with  serrated 
front  edge;  rat-tail  on  scroll  handle,  which  ends  in 
a  lozenge.     H.  7%  inches. 
Mark:  P  Q,  in  a  square. 

Inscription:  a,  L^  c  '  ^'  ^*  ^-^-L'  double  inter- 
lace in  a  border  (script);  c.  Arms  (Dutch); 
d.  LSE,  interlaced  (script). 


Part  in  american  silversmiths     43 

Property  of  the  Museum,  gift  of  Mrs.  Abraham 
Lansing. 


B.   R. 

92.     PATEN.     Moulded  rim;  trumpet-shaped  stem; 
moulded  foot.     H.  8^  inches. 
Mark:  B  R,  in  oval. 
Inscription:  None. 

Lent  by  the  Corporation  of  Trinity  Church,  New- 
York. 

As  early  as  1664  when  New  York  came  into  possession 
of  the  English,  stated  services  of  the  Church  of  Eng- 
land were  held  in  the  chapel  of  the  Fort  which  then 
stood  near  the  site  of  the  present  Bowling  Green.  In 
1697  the  Parish  of  Trinity  Church  came  into  existence, 
the   charter   being   signed    by   Governor    Fletcher.     The 


44     Part  III  ametiCan  silversmiths 

Lord  Bishop  of  London,  who  was  named  in  the  charter 
as  Rector,  approved  the  choice  by  the  parish  of  William 
Vesey,  at  that  time  lay-reader  at  King's  Chapel,  Boston, 
to  be  Trinity's  first  rector.  He  must  first  cross  the  seas 
for  Holy  Orders.  The  church  building  was  opened  in 
1698  on  the  site  of  the  present  church,  at  that  time  just 
outside  of  the  north  gate  of  the  city.  Eight  years  later, 
the  parish  received  by  Royal  grant  the  tract  of  land 
known  as  the  Queen's  Farm.  This  tract  extended  along 
the  North  River  from  the  present  site  of  St.  Paul's 
Chapel  to  what  is  now  known  as  Watts  Street,  and  for- 
merly belonged  to  Anneke  Jans  Bogardus.  "  At  this 
period  the  Rector's  salary  was  £100  per  annum,  while 
the  compensation  of  the  sexton  was  a  suit  of  clothes 
for  his  son,  and  the  privilege  of  collecting  six  shillings 
per  annum  from  each  of  the  pewholders  who  wished 
him  to  keep  their  pews  clean." 

"  The  vessels  in  use  at  Trinity  Church  before  the  arrival 
of  those  presented  by  Queen  Anne  were  evidently  bor- 
rowed from  the  set  belonging  to  the  Chapel  in  the  Fort, 
known  from  1693  to  1741,  in  which  year  it  was  de- 
stroyed by  fire,  as  '  The  King's  Chapel.'  In  their  ad- 
dress to  the  Bishop  of  London,  June  17,  1709,  the  Vestry 
say: 

'  Neither  can  we  omitt  reminding  your  Lordship  how  wc 
are  still  Obliged  for  the  Loan  &  use  of  the  Communion 
Plate  of  her  Maties  Chappel  in  the  Fort  in  New  York.' 

"This  plate  was  probably  the  Flagon,  Chalice,  Paten, 
and  Baptismal  Bason,  engraved  with  the  Royal  Arms  be- 
tween the  initials  WM.  R.  now  in  the  possession  of  the 
Corporation." 

In  the  Vestry  Records  due  acknowledgment  is  made  to 
"the  Queen's  most  excellt  Majesty"  that  of  her  "prince- 
ly bounty  she  had  furnished  &  adorned  the  Sacred  alter 
of  our  Church  with  such  a  magnificent  Set  of  Plate." 


P.   D.  R. 

92.  I.     BEAKER.    Moulded  foot.    H.  6%  inches. 
Mark:  P  D  R,  in  rectangle. 


Part  III  ameriCan  silversmiths     45 

Inscription:  a.  Sacrificia  Dei  Sunt  Spiritus 
Fractus,  Animum  Fractum  Et  Contritum. 
O  Deus  Non  Spernis.  Psalm  51  :V:  17.;  b. 
(Clover  leaf  in  a  heart)  ;  c.  Claverack.  Anno 
Domini.  |  1765. 

Lent  by   the  Reformed  Church,   Claverack,   New 

York. 
The  church  at  Claverack  was  established  in  1716. 


T.    RICHARDS. 

93.     CUP.     Barrel-shape;  reeded  rim;  banded  base. 
H.  y/2  inches. 
Mark:  T.  Richards,  in  rectangle. 

Lent  by  George  S.  Palmer. 


GEORGE  RIDOUT.  Came  from  London, 
England;  admitted  as  Freeman,  New  York,  1745; 
opened  a  shop  "  near  the  Ferry  Stairs/' 

94.  CANDLESTICKS  (2).  Moulded  baluster- 
shaped;  moulded  bases  w^ith  notched  corners.  H. 
6^  inches. 

Mark:  G  R,  in  square  (only  one  marked). 

Inscription:  a.  pel  b.  Tyson  crest. 
Lent  by  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey. 

95.  ALMS  BASIN.  Domed  depression;  flat  rim. 
D.  13  inches. 

Mark:  G.  R.,  in  square. 


46     Part  III  ametfcan  silversmiths 

Inscription:  a.  For  The  |  Sacred  Service  |  of  |  god 
OUR  SAVIOUR  I  According  To  |  The  usage 
And  Rites  of  the  Church  of  England :  |  The  | 
Reverend  Henry  Barclay  Rector  |  of  Holy  Trin- 
ity church  in  Nev^^  York  |  presenter  |  In  the 
Name  |  Of  the  |  Donor  |  E  R  (double  inter- 
lace)   FEST.  ANNUNC.  B.  VIRG.  MDCCXLVII ;  b.  AN 

oflFering  of  a  free  heart  vs^ill  I  give  thee,  and 
praise  thy  name  o  lord  ;  because  it's  so  comforta- 
ble. Amen :  c.  H^c  |  amula  seu  lanx  |  huic 
ECCLESi^  I  CONFERTUR. ;  d.  Coat  of  arms. 

Lent  by  the  Corporation  of  Trinity  Church,  New 
York. 

JOEL  SAYRE.  Bom  in  Southampton,  L.  /., 
1778;  died  1818.  Mentioned  in  New  York  Directory, 
1798;  married,  1813. 

96.  CREAM  PITCHER.  Octagonal,  boat-shaped  ; 
turned-over  lip;  moulded  strap  handle;  engraved 
band  near  lip  and  base.     H.  4^  inches. 

Mark:  I.  SAYRE,  in  rectangle. 
Inscription:  S,  in  v^^reath. 

Lent  by  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey. 

97.  SUGAR  BOWL.  Octagonal,  boat-shaped; 
cover  with  urn-shaped  finial;  two  moulded  strap 
handles;  engraved  band  near  lip  and  base.  H.  7^ 
inches;  D.  8  inches. 

Mark:  I.  SAYRE,  in  rectangle. 
Inscription:  S,  in  wreath. 

Lent  by  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey. 


BEAKER,    BY    JOEL    SAYRE.       LENT    BY    THE    REFORMED 
CHURCH,   READINGTON,    NEW   JERSEY 


Part  III  amertCan  silversmiths     47 

98.     BEAKERS    (2).     Moulded  lip  and  base.     H. 
$y%  inches. 

Mark:  I.  Sayre  (script),  in  shaped  rectangle. 
Inscription:  This  Presented  |  by  Will™  Hall  For  | 

the    Use    off    RedingHown  |  Church   July    20*^ 

1813   (script). 

Lent  by  the  Reformed  Church,  Readington,  New 
Jersey. 

The  Church  now  at  Readington,  N.  J.,  was  founded  at 
North  Branch  in  1719,  where  services  were  held  until 
1738;  it  was  then  removed  to  its  present  location.  The 
first  Pastor,  Rev.  Theodorus  Jacobus  Frelinghuysen, 
served  the  four  associated  churches  of  Raritan,  Six-mile 
Run,  Three-mile  Run  (now  New  Brunswick),  and  North 
Branch  (now  Readington). 


BARTHOLOMEW  SCHAATS.  Born  1670; 
died  1758.  Admitted  as  Freeman,  New  York,  1708; 
married  Christina  Kermer  November  28,  1706;  daugh- 
ter Antje  baptized  April  27,  17 IS-     See  page  xxx. 

99.     WINE  TASTER.     Round  bowl  with  flat  bot- 
tom; twisted  wire  handle.     D.  2^  inches. 
Mark:  B  S,  in  square. 
Inscription:  M.  A.  Bowditch   (script). 

Lent  by  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey. 


100.     MUG.     Cylindrical;  reeded  rim  and  moulded 
foot  with  leaf  ornament;  scroll  handle.     H.   3^ 
inches. 
Mark:  B.  S.  with  fleur-de-lis  below,  in  a  heart. 


48      Part  III  american  silversmiths 

WTD 

Inscription:  a.      p,      (script)  ;  b.  M.  Tucker. 

Lent  by  George  S.  Palmer. 


SIMEON   SOUMAINE.     ISlew  York,  1719, 

This  is  to  give  Notice  to  all  Gentlemen  and  others,  That 
a  Lottery  is  to  be  drawn  at  Mr.  John  Stevens  in  Perth 
Amboyy  for  £501  of  Silver  and  Gold  work,  wrought  by 
Simeon  Soumain  of  Neiv  York,  Gold-Smith,  all  of  the 
newest  Fashion.  The  highest  Prize  consists  of  an  Eight 
square  Tea-Pot,  six  Tea-Spoons,  Skimmer  and  Tongues, 
Valued  at  £18  3s.  6d.  The  lowest  Prize  consists  of 
Twelve  Shillings  Value.  There  is  278  Prizes  in  all, 
and  their  is  only  five  Blank  to  each  Prize.  Tickets  are 
given  out  at  Six  Shillings  York  money,  or  Seven 
Shillings  Jersey  Money  for  each  Ticket  at  the  House  of 
Mr.  John  Stevens  in  Amboy,  at  Mr.  Leivis  Carrees  in  Al- 
iens Toivn,  at  Mr.  Jolines,  in  Elizabeth  Toivn,  at  Mr. 
Cortlandts  at  Second  River,  by  Mr,  Andrew  Bradford 
in  Philadelphia,  at  Mr.  Samuel  Cloivse  in  Jamaica  in 
Lonff  Island,  and  by  Simeon  Soumain  in  the  City  of  Neiv 
York,  at  which  last  Place,  the  Goods  so  to  be  drawn  are 
to  be  seen,  and  the  said  Goods  are  to  be  valued  and  ap- 
prised by  Mr.  Peter  Van  Dyke,  and  Mr.  Charles  Leroux, 
two  Goldsmiths  in  the  city  of  Nenv  York.  And  said 
Lottery  is  to  be  drawn  the  22nd  day  of  May  next,  anno. 
1727.  If  said  Lottery  be  full  sooner,  it  will  be  drawn 
before  the  22nd  of  May  next. 
American   Weekly  Mercury,  March  23,  1727. 

loi.     BAPTISMAL  BASIN.     Flat  domed  depres- 
sion; flat  rim.     D.  8^  inches. 
Mark:  SS,  In  square. 

Inscription:  The  Gift  of  M'*  lohn  March,  To  S* 
George's  Church,  in  Hempsted,   1735.   (script). 

Lent  by  Saint  George's  Church,  Hempstead,  Long 
Island. 


Part  III  ametican  silversmiths     49 

Saint  George's  Church  owes  its  establishment  to  the  So- 
ciety for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel.  It  was  incor- 
porated in  1735.  The  following  quotations  from  the 
Proceedings  of  the  Society  give  a  glimpse  of  the  source 
of  its  silver: 

At  a  monthly  meeting  of  the  Society,  in  1 706, 
the  Lord  Bishop  of  London,  reported  that  Her  Majesty, 
of  her  princely  grace  and  favor,  had  been  pleased 
(through  his  lordship's  hands)  to  allow  five  large 
Bibles,  Common  Prayer  Books,  and  Books  of  Homilies, 
as  also  pulpit  cloths.  Communion  table-cloths,  sil- 
ver chalices  and  patens,  for  each  of  the  five  churches 
in  the  government  of  Newr  York,  viz.,  Hempstead  and 
Jamaica  in  Long  Island,  West  Chester,  Rye,  and  Staten 
Island. 


102.  BOWL.  Divided  into  six  panels  by  repousse 
ornament;  two  scrolled  handles  ending  in  terms; 
moulded  base.     D.  9^  inches. 

Mark:  SS,  in  square. 

Inscription:  u    r* 

Lent  by  Mrs.  Robert  Remsen. 

103.  TEAPOT.  Pear-shaped;  octagonal  spout  end- 
ing in  griffin  head;  moulded  dome  cover;  wooden 
handle  and  finial.     H.  6^  inches. 

Mark:  SS,  in  circle. 

Inscription:   Eupham   Scot   Johnstone  |  1685.     Re- 
cent mark. 

Lent  by  Judge  Charles  W.  Parker. 

104.  BOWL  WITH  SAUCER  COVER.  Bowl, 
H.  2%  inches;  Cover,  H.  i^  inches. 

Mark:  SS,  in  square. 


50     Part  III  amertcan  silversmiths 

Inscription:  a.  On  each,  E  C,  double  interlace,  in 
circle  (script)  ;  b.  E*C,  on  bowl. 

Lent  by  Luke  Vincent  Lockwood. 


105.  STANDING  CUPS  (2).  Cylindrical,  round- 
ed bottom;  short,  thick  stem;  moulded  foot.  H.  6 
inches. 

Mark:  SS,  in  square. 
Inscription:  None. 

Lent  by  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  Southold, 
Long  Island. 

Southold  was  settled  in  September,  1640,  by  a  party  of 
thirteen  under  the  leadership  of  the  Rev.  John  Youngs, 
who  crossed  from  New  Haven.  The  formation  of  the 
church  was  coincident  with  the  settlement  of  the  town. 
Very  strict  was  the  government  in  this  primitive  com- 
munity; the  laws  of  the  Bible  were  followed  as  a  civil 
code  and  communion  with  the  church  was  made  a  neces- 
sary qualification  for  admission  to  the  privileges  of  a 
Freeman. 


I.  T.     Probably  J.   Ten  Eyck.     Worked  in  Albany 
during  the  early  part  of  the  eighteenth  century, 

106.     TANKARD.     Reeded   rim   and  base;   domed 
cover  with  flat  top ;  serrated  front  edge ;  spiral  pur- 
chase; scrolled  handle  with  rat-tail  and  oval  on  tip. 
H.  7  inches. 
Mark:  I  T,  in  oval. 

Inscription:  ^    q,  on  handle. 
Lent  by  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey. 


Part  III  amerfcan  silversmiths     5 1 

JOHN    &   PETER   TARGEE.     Mentioned  in 
the  New  York  Directory,  1798. 

107.     SUGAR  BOWL.     Boat-shaped;  domed  cover 
with    urn-shaped    finial;   strap    handles.      H.    6^ 
inches;  D.  8>4  inches. 
Mark ;  <3.  I  &  P  T,  in  rectangle ;  b.  Leopard's  head ; 

c.  (illegible). 
Inscription:  S  V  N,  interlaced  (script). 

Lent  by  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey. 


KOENRAET  TEN  EYCK.  Admitted  as  Free- 
man, New  York,  17 16.  Worked  in  Albany  during 
the  latter  part  of  the  seventeenth  century  and  the  early 
part  of  the  eighteenth;  in  17 04  appointed  Official  Ad- 
juster of  Scales  and  Measures;  elected  to  various  minor 
civil  offices. 

108.  MUG.     Rim,  mid-band,  and  base  reeded  and 
with    applied    zig-zag   wire;    curved    handle   with 
beaded  rat-tail.     H.  33^  inches;  D.  3^  inches. 
Mark:  K  TE,  in  rectangle. 

Inscription:  None. 

Lent  by  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey. 

UNKNOWN   MAKERS. 

109.  BOWL.  Spherical  bowl,  with  beaded  and 
moulded  lip;  short  flaring  stem  with  beaded  edge 
on  a  square  base,  which  has  been  added.  H.  5 
inches;  D.  6^  inches.     Sheffield  Plate. 

Mark:  None. 


52     Part  III  amertcan  silversmiths 

Inscription:  Presented   by   Mrs.   Daniel   Harris  to 
the  I  Presbyterian  Church  of  Frankfort,  K^. 

Lent  by  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  Frankfort, 
Kentucky. 

no.     ALMS  BASINS  (2).    Deep  depression,  slight- 
ly domed;  reeded  rim.     D.  9^  inches. 
Mark:  None. 
Inscription:  St.  Anns  Church  Brooklyn,   1798. 

Lent  by  Saint  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn. 

Nothing  is  known  of  any  Episcopalian  church  in  Brook- 
lyn until  1784,  when  the  Rev.  George  Wright  com- 
menced the  Episcopal  service  in  the  house  known  as  40 
Fulton  Street.  In  1787  the  Episcopal  Church  of  Brook- 
lyn was  incorporated. 

111.  TANKARD.  Tapering  cylindrical  body  with 
moulded  lip  and  base ;  moulded  flat  cover  with  ser- 
rated front  edge;  double  scroll  purchase  and  hinge 
drop;  scrolled  handle,  cartouche  tip.  H.  7^ 
inches. 

Mark:  None. 

Inscription:  a.  HC;  b.  Modern. 

Lent  by  Mrs.  William  Rhinelander. 

112.  CHALICE  WITH  PATEN-COVER.  Cup- 
shaped  bowl;  round  knop;  moulded  base.  Paten 
with  reeded  rims.  Chalice,  H.  6%  inches;  Paten, 
D.  534  inches. 

Mark:  None. 

Inscription:     Christ     ChurCH    ]    SHREWS- 
BURY. 

Lent  by  Christ  Church,  Shrewsbury,  New  Jersey. 


Part  III  amertcan  silversmiths     53 

The  history  of  this  parish  goes  back  more  than  two  hun- 
dred years.  The  first  church  was  either  built  or  adapted 
from  a  dwelling  house  between  1703  and  1705.  In  1708 
Queen  Anne  presented  the  Communion  service  still  in 
use,  the  offertory  plates  bearing  the  Tudor  rose.  The 
present  church,  built  in  1769,  still  bears  on  its  wooden 
steeple  the  English  crown  which  the  patriots  so  often 
tried  to  shoot  off  during  the  Revolution. 


113.  BOWL  WITH  COVER.  Heml-spherical 
bowl;  trumpet  foot;  domed  bezel  cover  with  wire 
knop.     H.  5^  inches. 

Mark:  None. 
Inscription:  None. 

Lent  by  Mrs.  Eldridge  Palmer. 

114.  ALMS  BASINS  (2).  Domed  depression; 
flaring  reeded  rim.     D.  93/2   inches. 

Mark:  None. 

Inscription:  John  Wells  Esq'"  of  the  City  of  New 

York  to  S^  James  Church  New  Town  L.  Island 

1822  (script). 

Lent  by    Saint    James*   Church,    Newtown,    Long 

Island. 

In  1642  the  Rev.  Francis  Doughty  and  his  associates 
colonized  Newtown,  calling  it  Mespat.  The  Rev.  Wil- 
liam Urquehart  began  officiating  in  Newtown  in  1740, 
and  laid  the  foundations  of  St.  James'  Church,  to  which 
a  Royal  Charter  was  granted  by  George  III  in  1761. 

115.  CUP,  STANDING.    Ovoid  bowl  with  beaded 
edge;  plain  stem;  moulded  foot.     H.  6^  inches. 
Mark:  None. 


54     Part  III  atUertcan  Silversmiths 

Inscription:   S*  James's   Church  |  of   New  Town  | 
22nci  March  1791    (script),  in  a  scroll. 

Lent  by   Saint   James*    Church,   Newtown,   Long 
Island. 

116.     PATEN.     Flat  with  slightly  flaring  edge  scal- 
loped and  pierced.     D.  6^  inches. 
Mark:  None. 

Inscription:   S*^  James's  Church  |  of  New  Town] 
22nd  March  1791    (script),  in  a  scroll. 

Lent  by    Saint  James'    Church,    Newtown,   Long 
Island. 

116.  I.     BEAKER,     Border  of  interlaced  bands  in- 
closing scrolls  of  flowers,   fruit,   and  leaves,  with 
three  depending  groups  of  branches  of  flowers  and 
leaves.     H.  6>^  inches. 
Marks:  None. 
Inscription:  Fredryck  flypfse   (script). 

Lent  by  the  First  Reformed  Church,  Tarrytown, 
New  York.* 

116.  2.     ALMS  BASIN.    D.  8^  inches. 
Marks:  None. 

Inscription:  Of  thine  own  have  we  given  thee  |   I 
Chro.  xxix,  14. 

Lent    by    the    Caroline    Church,    Setauket,    Long 
Island. 

116.  3.     PATEN.     Reeded   and   moulded   lip.      D. 
6^  inches. 

*  From  the  resemblance  of  the  engraving,  this  piece  was 
probably  made  by  Jacob  Boelen. 


Part  III  amertcan  silversmiths     55 

Marks:  None. 

Inscription:  Who  his  own  self  bare  our  sins  in  his  | 
own  body  on  the  tree  |  that  we  being  dead  |  to 
sins  should  live  unto  righteousnefs  |  i  Pet.,  11.24. 

Lent  by  the  Caroline  Church,  Setauket,  Long 
Island. 

116.  4.  STANDING  CUP.  Cylindrical  bowl, 
reeded  lip,  splayed  moulded  foot.  H.  7^  inches. 
Marks:  None. 

Inscription:  Unto  him  that  loved  us,  and  washed  us 
from  our  |  sins  in  his  own  blood, — -be  glory  & 
dominion  |  for  ever  &  ever.  Amen.  |  Rev. 
I.  5.  6. 

Lent  by  the  Caroline  Church,  Setauket,  Long 
Island. 

V-I 

117.  BEAKERS  (2).  Flaring  cylindrical  body 
with  moulded  base ;  engraved  with  a  band  of  inter- 
lacing strap-work  inclosing  scrolls  of  flowers  and 
leaves,  three  depending  groups  of  branches  of  leaves 
and  flowers,  and  below  figures  of  Faith,  Hope,  and 
Charity.     H.  7J/2  inches. 

Mark:  V-I,  in  rectangle. 
Inscription:  None. 

Lent  by  the  Collegiate  Church,  New  York. 

N.   VR. 

118.  BEAKERS  (2).  Flaring  body  on  splayed  and 
moulded  foot.     H.  7^  inches. 


56     Part  III  amertcan  silversmiths 

Mark:  N'VR,  in  oval. 

Inscription:   a,   Spreek    Dat   Waar   is    Eet 

Dat   Gaar  is  En   Drink  Dat  Klaar 

is;  b,  BoswYCK'Nov^  1763. 

Lent   by   the    Reformed    Church,    Flatbush,   Long 
Island. 


JACOBUS  VAN  DER  SPIEGEL.  Was 
working  from  1685-1705.  Admitted  as  Freeman, 
New  York,  1702;  married  Ann  Sanders;  daughter 
Sara  baptized  February  7,  1694.  Died  about  1708. 
See  page  xxiv. 

119.  BAPTISMAL  BASIN.  Spherical  bowl; 
flaring  rim  covered  w^ith  inscription,  as  below. 
Moulded  edge.     D.  10%  inches. 

Mark:  j^y,  in  a  trefoil   (clover-leaf). 

Inscription:  Op't  bloote  Waterftelt  geen  Hoop*, 
t  Was  beter  noyt  geboren ;  Maer  ziet  jets  meer- 
derinde  doop,  Zogaetmen  noyt  Verloren  Hoe 
Chriftus  door  syn  dierbaer  Bloedt  my  reynigt 
van  myn  Sonden,  endoor  fyn  geeft  my  leeuendoet, 
en  waftmyn  nuyle  wonden. 

{Translation:  On  the  mere  water  (or  external 
ordinance)  hope  of  freedom  from  condemnation 
cannot  rest.  But  on  carefully  considering  the 
nature  and  uses  of  Baptism,  Faith  apprehends 
that  Christ,  by  His  precious  blood,  cleanses  us 
from  the  guilt  and  malady  of  sin,  and  causes  us 
to  live  unto  God  by  His  Spirit.) 

Lent  by  the  South  Reformed  Church,  New  York. 


BEAKER,     BY     N.     VR.        LENT     BY     THE     REFORMED 
CHURCH,    FLATBUSH,    LONG   ISLAND 


Part  III  amertcan  Silversmiths     57 

This  basin  was  made  during  the  ministry  of  Henricus 
Selyns,  one  of  the  most  eminent  of  the  divines  who  came 
out  from  Holland  to  the  early  church.  It  was  he  and 
his  consistory  who  applied  for  a  charter,  which  when 
granted,  May  u,  1696,  was  the  first  church  charter  issued 
in  the  colony.  It  was  not  secured,  however,  but  by  a 
considerable  service  of  plate  presented  to  the  Governor. 
The  inscription,  which  is  in  Low  Dutch,  was  probably 
written  by  the  Dominie. 

120.  TANKARD.  Moulded  rim ;  reeded  base  cord- 
ed and  surmounted  by  band  of  strawberry  leaves; 
domed  cover  with  flat  top;  serrated  front  edge; 
spiral  purchase;  scrolled  handle  with  engraved 
drop;  male  head  on  tip.     H.  7  inches. 

Mark:  T^y,  in  trefoil  (clover-leaf). 

Inscription:  G    D,  on  handle. 

Lent  by  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey. 

JOHANNES  VAN  DER  SPIEGEL.  Born, 
1666;  died,  1716;  brother  of  Jacobus;  married  Maria 
Leursen.    See  page  xxv, 

121.  TEASPOONS  (2).  Ladle-topped  handles. 
L.  4^  inches. 

Mark:  I  V  S,  in  serrated  rectangle. 
Inscription:  LDP. 

Lent  by  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey. 

N.   V. 

122.  SHOE  BUCKLES  (3).  a.  L.  2  inches;  b.  L. 
i^  inches. 

Mark:  N  V,  in  rectangle. 


58     Part  III  amertcan  silversmiths 

Inscription:  NFBA   (on  largest). 
Lent  by  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey. 


PETER  VAN  DYCK.  Genealogy,  1684-17SO. 
Franz  Claesen  Van  Dyck,  resident  of  New  Amsterdam 
in  i6ss  (married  Emmetze  Dirks);  their  son  Dirk 
Franzen  (born  in  Amsterdam)  married  Urseltje  Schep- 
moes  April  2^,  1674;  son  Peter  baptized  Aug.  ly, 
1684,  married  first  Rachel  LeRoux,  second  Cornelia 
Van  Varick;  son  Dirk  (Richard)  baptized  Dec.  4, 
17 17;  married  Elizabeth  Strang  of  Rye,  See  page 
xxviii. 

123.  MUGS  (2).  Cylindrical  tapering  body; 
moulded  base;  curved  handle  with  beaded  rat-tail 
and  oval  on  tip  (one  missing).  H.  6^  inches 
and  5%  inches. 

Mark:  P'V'D,  in  oval. 

Inscription:  a.  Sought  Hamptown  Church  (script)  ; 

b.  For  the  Church  of  Sought  hamtun  6  Decemb^ 

1739  (script). 

Lent  by  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  Southamp- 
ton, Long  Island. 

124.  TANKARD.  Tapering  cylindrical  body; 
moulded  lip  and  base;  flat,  moulded,  engraved 
cover,  serrated  edge;  double  scrolled  purchase;  rat- 
tail  on  scrolled  handle,  repousse  tip.  Nose  added. 
H.  7  Inches. 

Mark:  P  V  D,  in  oval. 
Inscription:  S  D  to  A  D 

Lent  by  Mrs.  Elihu  Chauncey. 


BAPTISMAL  BASIN,  BY  JACOBUS  VAN  DER  SPIEGEL. 
LENT  BY  THE  SOUTH  REFORMED  CHURCH,  NEW 
YORK 


•'•In 


Part  III  amertcan  silversmiths     59 

125.  TANKARD.  Moulded  base;  domed  cover 
with  flat  top  and  serrated  front  edge;  double  spiral 
purchase ;  scrolled  handle  with  rat-tail ;  cherub  head 
on  whistle  end.     H.  734  inches. 

Mark:  P.  V.  D,  in  rectangle. 

Inscription:  p  £• 

Lent  by  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey. 

126.  TANKARD.  Reeded,  meander  wire  rim; 
reeded  meander  wire  and  acanthus  foliage  base; 
richly  repousse  cover;  serrated,  engraved  edge, 
double-scroll  purchase;  moulded  meander  wire 
hinge;  moulded  mask  with  garlands  and  swag  on 
scrolled-handle ;  cherub's  head  on  tip.  H.  7^4 
inches. 

Mark:  p    r))  in  trefoil. 

Inscription:  a,  \{    \^]  b.  Wendell  coat-of-arms. 

Lent  by  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey. 


6o     Part  III  american  silversmiths 

127.  CUPS  WITH  TWO  HANDLES  (2). 
Moulded  base;  scrolled  handles  with  rat-tails.  H. 
4^  inches. 

Mark:  P.  V.  D.  in  oval. 
Inscription:  None. 

Lent    by    Presbyterian    Church,    Setauket,    Long 
Island. 

The  first  settlements  at  Setauket  were  about  1650-53, 
though  many  had  taken  up  land  before  that.  One  of 
the  first  clergymen  to  minister  to  the  people  was  the 
Rev.  Nathaniel  Brewster,  one  of  the  first  graduates  of 
Harvard  College  and  related  to  the  celebrated  Elder 
Brewster.  In  the  Brookhaven  (Setauket)  Records,  Vol.  I, 
1669,  ^s  the  following  extract: 

**  At  a  meeting  of  the  Town  Board  it  is  agreed  that  a 
Meeting  House  be  built." 

Both  the  Church  and  the  Dissenters  met  in  this  church 
or  Town  House.  In  1714  a  new  meeting  house  was 
built  for  the  Presbyterians  alone.  Not  until  i8ii  was  an 
Act  of  Incorporation  for  Caroline  Church  drawn  up,  as 
it  was  earlier  a  mission  charge  of  the  Society  for  the 
Propagation  of  the  Gospel.  "  The  original  name  of  the 
parish  and  church  was  Christ  Church,  but  was  changed 
to  Caroline  in  questionable  compliment  to  the  donor — 
Queen  Caroline — of  the  silver  communion  silver."  (Not 
the  silver  here  exhibited.) 

RICHARD  VAN  DYCK.  Son  of  Peter  Van 
Dyck.  Had  a  store  in  Hanover  Square j  New  York, 
in  1750.     See  page  xxx. 

128.  BOWL.  Sides  flat-chased  with  flowers,  leaves, 
and  medallions  (i8th  century  pattern);  splayed 
foot.     H.  3^  inches;  D.  73^  inches. 

Mark:  R  V  D,  in  rectangle. 
Inscription:  GxP. 

Lent  by  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey. 


MUGS,  BY  PETER  VAN  DYCK.  LENT  BY  THE  FIRST 
PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH,  SOUTHAMPTON,  LONG 
ISLAND 


CUP  WITH  TWO  HANDLES,  BY  PETER  VAN  DYCK. 
LENT  BY  THE  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH,  SE" 
TAUKET,    LONG    ISLAND 


Part  III  American  silversmiths     6 1 

DANIEL  VAN  VOORHIS.    New  York,  1787. 

129.  ALMS  BASIN.  Slightly  domed  bowl;  flaring 
moulded  rim.     D.  7^  inches. 

Mark:  a.  D.V.V,  in  rectangle;  b.  Eagle,  in  dia- 
mond. 

Inscription:  Presented  to  the  Episcopal  Church  of 
the  Town  of  Yonkers.  1795.   (script). 

Lent  by  Saint  John's  Church,  Yonkers,  New  York. 

On  September  21,  1693,  by  an  Act  of  the  Assembly  the 
County  of  Westchester  was  divided  into  the  two  parishes 
of  Westchester  and  Rye.  The  parish  of  Westchester  in- 
cluded the  towns  of  Westchester,  Eastchester,  Yonkers, 
and  the  Manor  of  Pelham,  all  the  towns  being  taxed  for 
the  support  of  a  minister.  No  church  was  built  in  Yon- 
kers until  1753.  The  first  settled  minister  in  charge  of 
the  church  at  Philipsburgh,  as  St.  John's  was  then  called, 
was  the  Rev.  Harry  Munro,  a  missionary  sent  by  the 
Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  at  the  request 
of  Frederick  Phillipse,  the  third  Lord  of  the  Manor  of 
Philipsburgh.  Mr.  Munro  preached  his  first  sermon  at 
the  church  on  Whitsunday,   1765. 

The  chalice  was  the  gift  of  Miss  S.  Williams,  a  sister 
of  the  wife  of  Frederick  Phillipse.  It  was  probably  used 
for  the  first  time  on  Christmas  Day,  1765. 

130.  STANDING  CUP.  Ovoid  bowl  with  in- 
cised lines  on  lip  and  moulded  base.  H.  6^  inches. 
Mark :  a.  D  V,  in  rectangle ;  b.  Eagle,  in  diamond. 
Inscription:  The   Gift  of  Mifs   S.   Williams  to 

the  Episcopal  Church  at  Phillipsburgh. 

Lent  by  Saint  John's  Church,  Yonkers,  New  York. 

130.  I.  TANPCARD.  Moulded  lip  and  base  with 
beading;  serrated  front  edge  of  cover;  scrolled  pur- 


62      Part  III  aimertean  silversmiths 

chase;  moulded   hinge;   scrolled   handle  with  oval 
tip.     H.  7^  inches. 
Mark:  D.V.V.,  in  rectangle. 
Inscription:  None. 

Lent  by  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  New  York. 

P.  W. 

131.  SAUCE  BOAT.  Wide  repousse  band  on 
rim;  three  hoofed  feet  ending  in  shells;  scroll  pur- 
chase; serpent  handle.     H.  33^  inches. 

Mark:  P  W,  in  oval. 
Inscription:  Crest,  boar's  head. 

Lent  by  Luke  Vincent  Lockwood. 

JOHN   WENDOVER.     Worked  in  New  York, 
i6g4-i72y.     See  page  xxii. 

132.  CREAM  JUG.  Pear-shaped  body;  serrated 
lip;  tumbler  bottom;  three  cabriole  legs  with  shell 
feet  and  knees;  double-scrolled  handle  with  acan- 
thus drop.     H.  4  inches. 

Mark:  J.  W,  in  cartouche. 

Inscription:  fl.  I  A;  ^.  R  S  C,  interlaced  (script). 

Lent  by  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey. 

HUGH   WISHART.      Mentioned   in    the   New 
York  Directory,  1789-1816, 

133.  CUP.     H.  2y2   inches. 

Mark:  I.  H.  WISHART,  in  rectangle;  2.  Spread 
eagle,  in  oval. 


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Inscription:  CC,  Interlaced    (script). 
Lent  by  Luke  Vincent  Lockwood. 

134.  PORRINGER.  Handle  pierced  in  geometric 
pattern.     D.  5^  inches. 

Mark:  H.  WISHART,  in  rectangle. 
Inscription:  M  E  M  F,  Interlaced  (script). 

Lent  by  R.  T,  Haines  Halsey. 

135.  FLAGON.  Bulbous  body;  moulded  and  reeded 
base;  reeded  rim;  domed  cover;  flat  wire  purchase 
and  flat  hinge;  four-sided  curved  handle.  H.  10 
Inches. 

Mark:  WISHART,  in  rectangle. 
Inscription :     St.     Ann's     Church  |  Brooklyn  |  The 
Gift  of  Ann  Sands  |  1805. 

Lent  by  Saint  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn,  New^  York. 

136.  PATEN.  Reeded  rim ;  trumpet-shaped  mould- 
ed foot.     H.  4^  Inches. 

Mark:  H.  WISHART,  In  rectangle. 
Inscription:  S^  Anns  Church,  Brooklyn,  18 16. 

Lent  by  Saint  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn,  New  York. 

136.  1-2.     BEAKERS  (2).     H.  6  Inches. 

Mark:  a,  H.  WISHART,  In  rectangle;  b.  Imita- 
tion English  Hall  Marks. 

Inscription:  The  Gift  of  David  Gelston  |  to  the 
first  Presbyterian  Church  |  In  the  City  of  New 
York  I  1 8 12.  (script). 

Lent  by  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  New  York. 


64     Part  III  ^mttit^Xi  Silversmiths 

136.  3-4.     FLAGONS    (2).      Moulded  base;  mid- 
band;  domed  cover;  scroll  purchase;  moulded  hinge 
with  drop;  scrolled  handle;  heart-shaped  tip.     H. 
13^  inches. 
Mark:  a,  H.  WISHART,  in  rectangle;  b.  eagle, 

in  oval;  c.  Imitation  English  Hall  Marks. 
Inscription:  (On  one)  The  Gift  of  William  Edgar 
I  to  the  first  Presbyterian  Church  |  in  the  City 
of  New  York  |  1812.  (On  the  other)  The  Gift 
of  Dan!  MsCormick  |  to  the  first  Presbyterian 
Church  in  the  City  of  New  York  |  181 2. 

Lent  by  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  New  York. 


136.  5-6.     ALMS  BASINS  (2).    D.  13 ^4  inches. 

Mark:  a,  H.  WISHART,  in  rectangle;  b,  eagle, 
in  oval;  c.  Imitation  English  Hall  Marks. 

Inscription:  (On  one)  The  Gift  of  Robert  Lenox 
to  the  first  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  City  of 
New  York  1812.  (Script).  (On  the  other)  The 
Gift  of  Brockholst  Livingston  to  the  first  Pres- 
byterian Church  in  the  City  of  New  York, 
i8i2.    (Script). 

Lent  by  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  New  York. 


136.  7-8.     ALMS  BASINS  (2).    D.  io>4  inches. 
Mark:  a.  H.  WISHART,  in  rectangle;  b.  eagle, 

in  oval;  c.  Imitation  English  Hall  Marks. 
Inscription:  (One)  The  Gift  of  Samuel  Campbell 

to  the  first  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  City  of 


Part  III  iamerican  silversmiths     65 

New  York  18 12.  (Script).  (On  the  other) 
The  Gift  of  Daniel  McCormick  to  the  first 
Presbyterian  Church  in  the  City  of  New  York 
1812   (script). 

Lent  by  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  New  York. 


FREEMAN  WOODS.     Goldsmith  at  11  Smith 
Street,  New  York,  ijgo-ijgs, 

137.  TEAPOT.  Oval;  beaded  around  top  and  bot- 
tom; slightly  domed  lid  with  urn-shaped  finial; 
straight  spout  and  handle  sockets.  H.  6j^  inches; 
D.  6%  inches. 

Mark:  Woods   (script),  in  shaped  oval. 
Inscription:  S  W,  interlaced  (script). 

Lent  by  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey. 

138.  TEAPOT.  Oval;  beaded  around  top  and 
bottom,  and  engraved  with  garlands  and  flowers; 
slightly  domed  lid  with  urn-shaped  finial;  straight 
spout  and  handle  sockets.  H.  6^  inches;  D.  6^ 
inches. 

Mark:  Woods  (script),  in  shaped  oval. 
Inscription:  L  T,  interlaced  (script). 

Lent  by  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey. 


BENJAMIN  WYNKOOP.  The  son  of  Cor- 
nelius JVynkoop  of  Kingston;  baptized  April  j8,  167$* 
married  in  New  York,  October  21,  1697,  Femmetje 


66     Fart  III  ^tttetfcatT  Silversmiths 

Van  der  Heul;  lived  in  the  South  Ward,  New  York. 
In  17 41  his  slave  London,  a  Spanish  Indian,  was  in- 
dicted with  others  for  conspiring  to  burn  the  City. 
Benjamin  Wynkoop  served  as  collector  and  assessor  at 
various  times  from  1703—1732.  His  son  Cornelius, 
also  a  silversmith,  born  17 Oi,  married.  May  g,  1724, 
Elizabeth  Van  der  Spiegel,  daughter  of  Jacobus  Van 
der  Spiegel,  the  silversmith.  Admitted  as  Freeman, 
New  York,  169S;  worked  from  then  until  1740. 

139.  BEAKER.  Flaring  cylindrical  body  with 
moulded  base ;  engraved  with  a  band  of  interlacing 
strap-work  inclosing  scrolls  of  flowers  and  leaves, 
which  depend  in  three  groups  surrounding  car- 
touches inclosing  figures  of  Faith,  Hope,  and 
Charity,  and  below  trees.     H.  7^  inches. 

Mark:        g    '  in  a  heart. 

Inscription:  Een  teken  van  lief  den  en  waarhydt  | 

Tot   de    Kercke   van    kinf toun  |  Ano    1 7 1 1  |  21 

november 

Lent  by   the   First   Reformed    Church,   Kingston, 

New  York. 

This  beaker  was  copied  by  Wynkoop  from  the  earlier 
one  made  by  I  B. 


140.  TANKARD.  Reeded  rim;  reeded  base  with 
chain  moulding  and  acanthus  foliage  above;  flat, 
domed  cover  with  serrated  and  engraved  front  edge; 
scroll  purchase  and  moulded  hinge;  scroll  handle 
with  amoretto  head  on  tip.     H.  7  inches. 

Mark:        g     »  in  a  heart. 


BEAKER^    BY    BENJAMIN    WYNKOOP.       LENT    BY    THE 
FIRST  REFORMED  CHURCH,  KINGSTON,  NEW  YORK 


Part  III  amerfCan  silversmiths     67 

Inscription:  <z.  W  V  A,  interlaced  (script),  in  a 
richly  engraved  scroll  border;  b.  \^^]  c,  Dutch 
coat-of-arms,  richly  engraved. 

Lent  by  Foster  Pruyn. 


ENGRAVING   BY   BENJAMIN   WYNKOOP 


CHALICE  WITH  PATEN-COVER,  DATED  l6l2. 
LENT  BY  SAINT  PETER's  CHURCH,  PERTH 
AMBOY,    NEW    JERSEY 


PART  IV 

The  work  of 

Cngltsj)  g)tlbersmtt!)S 


FRANCOIS       BUTTY      &       NICHOLAS 
DUMEE. 

141.  URN.  Ovoid  body  with  gadrooned  rim;  round 
stem  with  beaded  band ;  square  foot  with  gadrooned 
band  and  pierced  rail,  supported  on  four  ball  and 
claw  feet ;  bell-shaped  cover  with  flame  in  cup  finial. 
H.  19  inches. 
Mark :  a.  Lion  passant ;  h.  Leopard's  head  crowned ; 

F*R 

c.  Maker's  mark  -^t.ta;   ^-  Black  letter  K.  Lon- 
don,  1765. 
Inscription:  a.   Crest;   b.  Coat   of  arms;   c.  the 

GIFT    OF   THE   CITIZENS  |  OF  |  HBtl^tOl  |  TO  | 

l^enr^  Cmger,  d^tfq*  |  for  services  per- 
formed IN  PROMOTING  I  THE  REPEAL  OF 
THE  STAMP  ACT  |  ANNO  DOM  I766.  |  MEM- 
BER OF  PARLIAMENT  |  REIGN  GEORGE 
hi;   d.   H-i-C. 

Lent  by  Mrs.  T.  J.  Oakley  Rhinelander. 
69 


70      Part  IF  CnglfjS]^  Silversmiths 

I.  C. 

142.     PATEN.     Flat  domed  depression;  flat  reeded 
rim.     D.  10^  inches. 

Mark:  a.  Lion  passant;  b.  Leopard's  head 
crowned;  c.  Old  English  capital  L  (London, 
1766);  d.  Maker's  mark  IC,  monogram  in 
shaped  shield. 

Inscription:  ^^£  pricked,  in  a  pricked  cartouche. 

Lent  by  Saint  George's  Church,  Hempstead,  Long 
Island. 


JOHN  EASTT.    Entered  at  Goldsmiths*  Hall  in 
1703- 

143.     CHALICE  WITH  PATEN-COVER.    Tall 

cup-shaped  bowl;  round  knop;  moulded  base.     H. 

9^  inches.    The  paten-cover  has  moulded  rim  and 

splayed  foot.     T).  5%  inches. 

Mark:  a.  Lion's  head  erased;  b.  Britannia;  c. 
Court  hand  N  (London,  1708);  d.  Maker's 
mark  E  A,  fleur-de-lis  below,  in  a  shaped  shield. 

Inscription:  Annae  Reginae  (script). 

Lent  by  Christ  Church,  Rye,  New  York^ 

In  1695,  pursuant  to  the  Ministry  Act  of  1695,  which  pro- 
vided for  a  clergyman  of  the  Church  of  England  "  to 
have  the  care  of  Rye,  Mamaroneck,  and  Bedford,  com- 
prising the  precinct  or  parish  of  Rye,"  occurred  the  first 
election  of  vestrymen  and  wardens  of  this  parish.  In 
1704  a  missionary  of  the  Society  for  the  Propagation  of 
the  Gospel,  Rev.  Thomas  Pritchard,  was  inducted  as  the 
first  rector  at  Rye  by  Governor  Cornbury,  who  asserted 
under  the  act  of  1693  the  right  to  induct  rectors. 


CHALICE     WITH     PATEN-COVER,      BY     JOHN 
EASTT.  LENT        BY       SAINT       GEORGe's 

CHURCH,    HEMPSTEAD,    LONG    ISLAND 


Part  IF  CngUjS)^  Silversmiths      71 

144.  CHALICE  AND  PATEN-COVER.  Tall, 
cup-shaped  bowl;  round  knop;  flat  reeded  foot. 
The  paten  has  moulded  rim  and  foot.  H.  of 
chalice  9^  inches;  D.  of  paten  5^  inches. 
Mark:  (on  both)  a.  Lion's  head  erased;  b.  Bri- 
tannia; c.  Court  hand  N  (1708);  d.  Maker's 
mark  E  A,  fleur-de-lis  below,  in  a  shaped  shield. 
Inscription:  Annse  Reginae. 

Lent  by  Saint  George's  Church,  Hempstead,  Long 
Island. 


THOMAS    FARREN.     Entered  at  Goldsmiths' 
Hall  in  1746. 

145.  ALMS   BASIN.      Flat   domed   bowl;   curved 
moulded  rim.     D.  9^  inches. 

Mark:  a.  Lion  crowned;  b,  O  in  shaped  shield; 

c.  Lion  passant;  d.  T  F. 
Inscription:  For   the   Use   of  James   City   Parish 

Church  (script). 

Lent  by  Christ  Church,  Bruton  Parish,  Williams- 
burg, Virginia. 

MORDECAI     FOX.      Entered    at    Goldsmiths' 
Hall  in  1746. 

146.  ALMS  BASIN.     Domed  depression;  moulded 
edge.    D.  13  inches. 

Mark:  a.  Leopard's  head,  crowned;  b.  Lion  pas- 
sant; c.  Black  letter  capital  G  (London,  1760)  ; 
d.MY  (script). 


72      Part  IV  CngltjSl^  Silversmiths 

Inscription:  English  Royal  arms  between  the  cipher 
of  George  III. 

Lent  by  the  Corporation  of  Trinity  Church,  New 
York. 


147.     PATEN.     Moulded   rim;  moulded  foot.     D. 

6^  inches. 

Mark:  a.  Leopard's  head,  crowned;  b.  Lion  pas- 
sant; c.  Black  letter  capital  G  (London,  1760) ; 
d.  Maker's  mark,  M  F  (script). 

Inscription :  English  Royal  arms  with  the  cipher  of 
George  IH. 

Lent  by  the  Corporation  of  Trinity  Church,  New 
York. 


FRANCIS  GARTHORNE.    Entered  at  Gold- 
smiths' Hall  in  1697, 

148.  FLAGONS  (2).  Cylindrical  body;  flaring, 
moulded  base  below  band;  moulded  cover;  scroll 
purchase;  hinge  drop;  curved  handle  with  scroll 
tip.     H.  12^  inches. 

Mark:  a.  Lion's  head,  crowned;  b.  Britannia;  c. 
Court   hand   O    (London,    1709) ;   d.   Maker's 


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mark,  G  A  (the  A  within),  pellet  below  within 
a  shield. 
Inscription:  English  Royal  arms  with  the  cipher  of 
Queen  Anne. 


Lent  by  the  Corporation  of  Trinity  Church,  New 
York. 

149.  ALMS  BASIN.  Flat  domed  bowl;  moulded 
rim.     D.   13  inches. 

Mark :  a.  Lion's  head  erased ;  b.  Britannia ;  c.  Court 
hand  O  (London,  1709)  ;  ^.  G  A,  the  A  within 
the  G. 

Inscription:  English  Royal  arms  between  the  cipher 
of  Queen  Anne. 

Lent  by  the  Corporation  of  Trinity  Church,  New 
York. 

150.  FLAGON.  Tapering  cylindrical  body ;  flaring 
moulded  base  below  band ;  moulded  cover ;  flat  pur- 
chase; moulded  hinge;  scrolled  handle  with  shield 
tip.     H.  12  inches. 

Mark :  a.  Lion  passant ;  b.  Leopard's  head,  crowned ; 
c.    Small    black   letter   r    (London,    1694)  5    ^' 


74      Part  IV  CnglijS]^  Silversmiths 

Maker's  mark,  F  G,  pellet  below  in  a  shaped 
shield. 
Inscription:   English   Royal   arms,  with  cipher  of 
William  and  Mary. 

Lent  by  the  Corporation  of  Trinity  Church,  New 
York. 


^ss^ 


151.  PATENS      (2).       Flat     domed     depression; 
moulded  rim;  moulded  foot.    D.  6^  inches. 
Mark:  G  A  (the  A  within),  in  a  square 
Inscription:  English  Royal  arms,  with  A  R. 

Lent  by  the  Corporation  of  Trinity  Church,  New 
York. 

152.  PATEN.      Flat    domed    depression;    moulded 
rim;  long  stem;  moulded  foot.    D.  9^  inches. 
Mark :  a.  Lion  passant ;  b.  Leopard's  head,  crowned ; 

r.  Small  black  letter  r  (London,  1694);  ^' 
Maker's  mark,  F  G,  a  pellet  below,  in  a  shaped 
shield. 


Part  IF  (EngUSi]^  Silversmiths      7s 

Inscription:   English   Royal   arms,   with   cipher   of 
William  and  Mary. 

Lent  by  the  Corporation  of  Trinity  Church,  New 
York. 

153.  CHALICE.  Cup-shaped  bowl;  round  knop; 
moulded  foot.     H.  8  inches. 

Mark:  a.  Lion  passant;  b.  Leopard's  head,  crowned; 

c.    Small   black   letter    r    (London,    1694)  J   ^• 

Maker's  mark,  F  G,  pellet  below,  in  a  shaped 

shield. 
Inscription:  English  Royal  arms,  with  the  cipher 

of  William  and  Mary. 

Lent  by  the  Corporation  of  Trinity  Church,  New 
York. 

154.  CHALICES  (2).  Cup-shaped  bowls;  round 
knops;  moulded  feet.    H.  loj^  inches. 

Mark:  G  A,  the  small  capital  A  within  the  G, 

pellet  below,  in  a  shaped  shield. 
Inscription:  English  Royal  arms,  with  the  cipher 

of  Queen  Anne. 

Lent  by  the  Corporation  of  Trinity  Church,  New 
York. 

WILLIAM   GIBSON.     Entered  at  Goldsmiths' 
Hall  in  1697. 

155.  CHALICE  AND  PATEN-COVER.  Tall 
cup-shaped  bowl;  round  knop;  moulded  base.  H. 
*j]/2  inches.  The  paten  cover  has  reeded  bands  on 
rim  and  on  foot.    D.  5  inches. 


76      Part  IV  €ngUj3]^  Silversmiths 

Mark:    a.    Lion's   head    erased;    h.    Britannia;    c. 

Court  hand  K  (London,  1705)  ;  d.  Gi,  dotted 

punch. 
Inscription:  Annae  [  Reginae  (script). 

Lent  by   Saint   Mary's  Church,   Burlington,   New 
Jersey. 

George  Keith  and  John  Talbot,  Missionaries  of  the  So- 
ciety for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts, 
held  their  first  Service  in  Burlington,  on  Sunday,  No- 
vember I,  1702. 

Talbot,  on  his  return  in  1708  from  a  visit  to  England, 
brought  a  chalice  and  paten  presented  by  Queen  Anne. 
As  the  record  puts  it,  he  "  acquainted  us  that  he  had 
presented  an  humble  address  to  Her  Majesty,  and  the 
other  letters  that  we  sent;  and  that  Her  Majesty  had 
been  graciously  pleased  to  give  us  ...  a  Silver  Chalice 
and  Salver  for  the  Communion  Table." 

RICHARD  GURNEY  &  COMPANY.    En- 
tered at  Goldsmiths'  Hall  in  1739. 

156.  PATEN.     Moulded  rim  and  splayed  foot,  sil- 
ver gilt.     D.  5^  inches. 

Mark:  a.  Lion  passant;  b.  Leopard's  head,  crowned; 

c.  Small  Roman  p  (London,  1751);^/.  Maker's 

T 
mark,  R-p'G. 

Inscription:  Coat-of-arms. 

Lent  by  Christ  Church,  Bruton  Parish,  Williams- 
burg, Virginia. 

PETER    HARACHE.     Emigrated  from  France 
after  revocation  of  Edict  of  Nantes;  died  in  1700. 

157.  CUP    WITH    TWO     HANDLES    AND 
COVER.      Moulded  edge  and   splayed   foot;   cut 


Part  IV  CEngUjS]^  Silversmiths      ^j 

"  card-work  "  around  base,  and  scutcheons  at  bot- 
tom of  scrolled  cast  handles;  flat  cover  with  bead- 
ing on  edge  and  cut  card-work  in  leaf-whorle 
around  knob  (which  is  missing)  ;  silver  gilt.  H. 
43^   inches. 

Mark:  a.  Lion  passant;  h.  Leopard's  head, 
crowned;  c.  Black  letter  small  i  (London, 
1686)  ;  d.  Maker's  mark,  P.H,  crown  and  two 
ermine  spots  above,  crescent  below,  shaped 
scutcheon. 
Inscription:  Coat-of-arms.     * 

hent  by  Christ  Church,  Bruton  Parish,  Williams- 
burg, Virginia. 

The  vessels  (see  also  No.  156)  fell  into  the  custody  of 
the  Church  in  1812,  when  Rev.  John  Bracken  was  Presi- 
dent of  the  College  of  William  and  Mary  and  also 
Minister  of  Bruton  Church. 

President  Tyler  writes,  April  24,  1897:  "I  have  a  let- 
ter of  Samuel  Athaires'i  from  London  to  the  President 
and  Masters  of  the  College  (William  and  Mary)  under 
date  29th.  July,  1775,  in  which  it  is  stated  that  he  has 
in  his  custody  *  the '  gilt  sacramental  vessels  Cup  and 
Paten  and  Bible  which  was  left  by  Lady  Gooch  to  the 
College  of  William  and  Mary,  and  which  when  the 
times  would  permit  he  would  send  addressed  to  the 
Bursar  of  that  Seminary.' 

Now  Lady  Gooch  was  Rebecca,  daughter  of  William 
Stanton,  Esq.  The  arms  are  Those  of  Stanton  impaling 
Gavell?" 


THOMAS   HEMING.     Entered  at  Goldsmiths* 
Hall  in   1745. 

158.     FLAGONS    (2).     Tapering  cylindrical  body; 
flaring,  moulded  base  below  band;  moulded  domed 


78      Part  IF  dftTgUjSl^  Silversmiths 

cover;  scrolled  wire  purchase;  hinge  drop;  curved 

handle  with  scroll  tip.     H.  12  inches. 

Mark:  a.  Lion  passant;  b.  Leopard's  head,  crowned; 
c.  Black  letter  capital  L  (London,  1766) ;  d. 
Maker's  mark,  T  H  (script),  crowned. 

Inscription:  English  Royal  arms,  with  the  cipher  of 
George  IIL 

Lent  by  the  Corporation  of  Trinity  Church,  New 
York. 


159.     ALMS  BASIN.     Domed  bowl;  moulded  rim. 

D.  13  inches. 

Mark:  a.  Leopard's  head,  crowned;  b.  Lion  pas- 
sant; c.  Black  letter  capital  L  (London,  1766) ; 
d.  T.H.   (script),  crowned. 

Inscription:  English  Royal  arms,  with  the  cipher 
of  George  IIL 

Lent  by  the  Corporation  of  Trinity  Church,  New 
York. 


160.     CHALICE.     Cup-shaped  bowl;  baluster  stem 
with  knop;  moulded  foot.     H.  9^  inches. 
Mark:  a.  Leopard's  head,  crowned;  b.  Lion  pas- 
sant; c.  Black  letter  capital  J  (London,  1764)  ; 
d.  T  H   (script),  crowned. 
Inscription:  English  Royal  arms,  with  the  cipher 
of  George  III. 

Lent  by  the  Corporation  of  Trinity  Church,  New 
York. 


CUP,  BY  PETER  HARACHE I  PATEN,  BY  RICHARD 
GURNEY  &  COMPANY.  LENT  BY  BRUTON  PAR- 
ISH  CHURCH,  WILLIAMSBURG,  VIRGINIA 


CHALICE  WITH  PATEN-COVER  AND  PATEN, 
BY  I.  S.  LENT  BY  SAINT  PETER'S 
CHURCH,    PERTH    AMBOY,    NEW   JERSEY 


Part  IV  dKngliSi]^  Silversmiths      79 

ANTHONY   NELME.     Entered  at  Goldsmiths' 
Hall  in  1697;  died  in  1722. 

161.  PATEN.  Moulded  edge;  incised  foot.  D. 
4}i  inches. 

Mark:  ANe,  in  a  cartouche. 

Inscription:  The  Gift  of  M*^^  Catherine  Bovey  of 
fflaxley  in  Gloucestershere  to  S*  Marys  Church 
at  Burlington  in  new  Jersey  in  America. 

Lent  by  Saint  Mary's  Church,  Burlington,  New 
Jersey. 

I.  s. 

162.  CHALICE  WITH  PATEN-COVER  AND 
PATEN.  Chalice:  Bulbous  bowl;  the  stem  with- 
out knop;  band  at  base  of  bowl  and  on  the  flaring 
moulded  foot.  H.  4  inches.  Paten-cover:  Moulded 
reeded  rim;  flat  reeded  foot.  D.  2^  inches. 
Paten:  D.  3^  inches. 

Mark  (on  both):  a.  Lion  passant;  b.  Leopard's 
head,  crowned;  c.  Roman  capital  F.  (London, 
1721) ;  d.  Maker's  mark,  I  S,  with  mitre  (?), 
in  a  shaped  shield. 

Inscriptions  (on  chalice)  :  a,  (Christ  on  the  Cross, 
with  ministering  angel)  ;  b.  Hie  est  |  Calix 
Sanguinis  |  mei  Novi,  et  Eterni  |  Testamenti, 
Mysterium  |  Fidei,  Qui  pro  Vobis,  |  et  pro  Multis 
Effundetur,  |  In  Remifsionem  |  Peccatorum  | 
(script),  in  an  olive  wreath;  c.  Sanguis  Meus 
est  Vere  Potus  (script). 

Lent  by  Saint  Peter's  Church,  Perth  Amboy,  New 
Jersey. 


8o      Part  IV  (CttQltjSl^  Silversmiths 

UNKNOWN   MAKERS. 

163.  CHALICE  WITH  PATEN-COVER.  Beak- 
er shaped  bowl,  with  reeded  midband,  reeded  base; 
circular  knop  with  moulded  bands;  moulded  foot 
with  ovolo  border.  The  paten,  which  fits  over  the 
chalice,  and  the  lip  of  chalice  have  each  a  band  of 
engraved  scroll-work.     H.  8^  inches. 

Mark:  a.  Lion  passant;  h.  Leopard's  head, 
crowned;  c,  Lombardic  capital  O,  with  external 
cusps  (London,  1611-12);^/.  Maker's  mark, 
a  Catherine  wheel,  crowned  (?)  in  a  shaped 
scutcheon. 

Inscription:  (On  paten)   161 2  E  H 

Lent  by  Saint  Peter's  Church,  Perth  Amboy,  New 
Jersey.  l{  12  B  H 

The  parish  of  St.  Peter's  in  Perth  Amboy  was  organized 
in  1685,  though  no  church  edifice  was  erected  until  1719, 
during  which  period  divine  services  were  held  in  a 
building  given  for  the  purpose  by  the  Board  of  Lords 
Proprietors.  A  Royal  Charter,  dated  July  30,  17x8,  was 
granted  to  the  parish,  according  to  the  Parish  Register. 

164.  BAPTISMAL  BASIN.  Deep  rounded  bowl; 
flaring  moulded  rim.     D.   13  inches. 

Mark:  a.  Lion  passant;  b.  Black  letter  g  (London, 

1684). 
Inscription:  English  Royal  arms,  with  the  cipher  of 
William  and  Mary. 

Lent  by  the  Corporation  of  Trinity  Church,  New 
York. 

165.  CHALICE  AND  PATEN-COVER.  Cup- 
shaped  bowl;  round  knop;  moulded  base.     H.  7^ 


Part  IV  CEngUjS^   Silversmiths      8i 

inches.     The  paten  has  moulded  rim  and  foot.     D. 
5  inches. 
Mark:  None. 

Inscription:  (on  both)  Trinity  Church  Att  Rack- 
oon  1 73 1    (script). 

Lent  by  Trinity  Church,  Swedesboro,  New  Jersey. 

i66.  ALMS  BASINS  (2).  Flat  domed  bowl; 
moulded  flaring  edge.  Sheffield  Plate.  D.  12 
inches. 

Mark:  None. 

Inscription:  Gift  of  Will?}  Guthrie  |  Late  of 
THE  I  Island  of  Jamaica  |  to  the  |  Dutch 
Church  at  Harlam  |  New  York  Island  |   1793. 

Lent   by    the   Reformed    Church,    Haarlem,    New 

York. 

The  Harlem  Church  (Third  Avenue  and  121st  Street) 
was  supplied  generally  by  ministers  from  the  New  York 
Church  from  1660,  when  it  was  founded,  until  1744, 
when  it  first  had  settled  pastors. 

167.  FLAGON  WITH  LONG  SPOUT.  Taper- 
ing cylindrical  body;  moulded  lip;  round  midband 
and  six  bands  above  the  base;  moulded  flat  domed 
cover  with  wire  purchase;  drop  on  curved  handle; 
,  heart-shaped  tip.  Sheffield  Plate.  H.  13^^  inches. 
Mark:  None. 

Inscription:  The  gift  of  Samson  Benson  J^  to  the  | 
reformed  dutch  church  at  Haerlem  |  January  i, 
1819  (script). 

Lent  by  the  Reformed  Church,  Haarlem,  New 
York. 


82      Part  IV  CnglfSi]^  Silversmiths 

1 68.     CHALICE.    Small  bowl  on  baluster  stem  with 
large   knop,    richly    repousse   with    flowers,    fruits, 
leaves,  emblems  of  the  Passion,  and  bosses  of  cher- 
ubs'   heads    on    bowl,    knop,    and    base;    the   base 
pierced.     H.  9^  inches. 
Mark:  None.     (Probably  of  French  make.) 
Inscription:  The  Gift  of  M^s  Catherine  Bovey  of 
fflaxley  in  Gloucestersheire  to  St.  Mary's  Church 
att  Burlington  in  New  Jersey  in  America.     (An 
earlier  inscription  has  been  erased.) 

Lent  by  Saint  Mary's  Church,   Burlington,   New 
Jersey. 


169.  FLAGON  WITH  SPOUT.  Tapering  cylin- 
drical body;  moulded  lip;  midband  and  splayed 
foot;  moulded  dome  cover  with  wire  purchase  and 
hinge  drop;  curved  handle  with  heart-shaped  tip. 
Sheffield  Plate.  H.  14  7/16  inches. 
Mark:  None. 
Inscription:  None. 

Lent  by  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  Rahway, 
New  Jersey. 

The  Presbyterians  of  Rahway,  originally  a  part  of 
Elizabeth,  N.  J.,  attended  the  First  Presbyterian  Church 
of  Elizabeth  Town  until  their  organization  as  a  church 
was  effected  and  their  first  house  of  worship  erected 
(about  1742). 


170.  FLAGON  WITH  SPOUT.  Tapering  cyl- 
indrical body;  round  midband;  splayed  foot; 
moulded  domed  cover;  moulded  purchase  and  drop 


CHALICE  WITH  PATEN-COVER,  BY  I.  W.  LENT  BY 
BRUTON  PARISH  CHURCH,  WILLIAMSBURG,  VIR- 
GINIA 


Part  IF  (CnglljSl^  Silversmiths      83 

on   handle  with  shield   tip.     Sheffield   Plate.     H. 

12^  inches. 

Mark:  None. 

Inscription:  None. 

Lent    by    the     Connecticut    Farms    Presbyterian 

Church,  Union,  New  Jersey. 

In  Connecticut  Farms,  a  township,  like  Rahway,  set  oflE 
from  tiie  borough  of  Elizabeth,  the  people  "traveled 
their  four  or  five  miles  every  Sabbath  Day  to  worship 
with  their  fathers  in  the  old  church  at  Elizabeth."  About 
the  year  1730  they  were  organized  into  a  separate 
religious  society  and  built  a  little  frame  church.  This 
was  burned  to  the  ground  during  the  Revolution  by  the 
British. 

I.   W.     1661. 

171.  CHALICE  WITH  PATEN-COVER.  Cyl- 
indrical, slightly  flaring  bowl;  stem  flaring  above 
and  below  the  round  knop  with  collars;  moulded 
foot.  H.  ioy%  inches.  The  paten  has  moulded 
edge;  flat  splayed  foot.  D.  6]/^  inches. 
Mark:  I  W,  above  an  oval  in  shield. 

C  -^xx^^  on  ^ 

^^  V 

■J 
•=»  $ 


84      Part  IF  (iCnQlijSl^  Silversmiths 

Inscription:  On  both:  a.  Mixe  not  holy  thinges  with 
profane  (script)  ;  b.  Ex  dono  Francifci  Mor- 
risson  Armigeri.  An°  Dom*  1661. 

Lent  by  the  Bruton  Parish  Church,  Williamsburg, 
Virginia. 

JOHN     WISDOM E.      Entered    at    Goldsmiths' 
Hall,  1704. 

172.     CHALICE  WITH  PATEN-COVER.  Chal- 
ice with  beaker-shaped  bowl ;  round  knop ;  moulded 
foot.     Paten  with  incised  rim.     Chalice,  H.  10^ 
inches;  Paten:  D.  6^  inches. 
Mark:   a.    Lion's   head,   erased;    b.    Britannia;    c. 

Court  hand  B,  London  1704;  d.  Maker's  mark: 

W  I,  fleur-de-lis  below,  in  shaped  shield. 
Inscription:   on   chalice:  Ex    Dono    Societatis   pro 

promovendo  Evangelio  in  partibus  transmarinis 

1704. 
Lent  by  Grace  Church,  Jamaica,  Long  Island. 


CHALICE  WITH  PATEN-COVER,  BY  JOHN  WIS- 
DOME.  LENT  BY  GRACE  CHURCH,  JAMAICA, 
LONG    ISLAND 


Part  IF  (EnsKjSl^  Silversmiths      85 


COAT   OF   ARMS    ENGRAVED   BY 

FRANCOIS.  BUTTY   AND   NICH.   DUMEE. 
i. 


ADDENDA   I 
Church   Services 


R.    B.     London^  eighteenth  century » 

173.  PLATES  (2).    D.  i3>^  inches. 

Lent     by     the     Connecticut     Farms    Presbyterian 
Church,  Union,  New  Jersey. 

THOMAS  D.  BOARDMAN.    Hartford,  1810. 

174.  PLATE.     D.  12  inches. 

Lent  by  the   Gallatin   Reformed   Church,    Mount 
Ross,  New  York. 

THOMAS  D.  BOARDMAN  &  S.  B.     Hart- 
ford, early  nineteenth  century, 

175.  FLAGON.     H.  123^  inches. 

Lent  by   the  Gallatin   Reformed   Church,    Mount 
Ross,  New  York. 

87 


88     Addenda  I  1^Z\X!XtX  Church  Services 

THOMAS    BOARDMAN    &    COMPANY. 
'New  York,  early  nineteenth  century, 

176.  BEAKERS  (2).     H.  5j^  inches. 

Lent  by   the  Gallatin   Reformed   Church,   Mount 
Ross,  New  York. 

SAMUEL  DANFORTH.    Hartford,  early  nine- 
teenth century. 

177.  BEAKERS  (2).     H.  5  inches. 

Lent  by   the    First   Presbyterian   Church,   Orange, 
New  Jersey. 

FASSON    &    SON.     London,  latter  half  of  eigh- 
teenth century. 

178.  PLATE.     D.  9}i  inches. 

Lent   by   the    Baptist   Church,    Morristown,    New 
Jersey. 

HALE.     Early  nineteenth  century. 

179.  BAPTISMAL   BASIN.    D.  9%  inches. 

Lent  by  the  Theological  Seminary,  Princeton,  New 
Jersey. 

C.     AND     I.     HERA.       Philadelphia   Directory, 
1810. 

180.  PLATES  (3).     D.  9  inches. 

Lent  by  the  Theological  Seminary,  Princeton,  New 
Jersey. 


Addenda  I  |^etPtet  Church  Services     89 

HENRY  WILL.     New  York,  1765. 
181.     PLATTER.     Oval.     L.   15^4  Inches. 

Lent  by   the   Gallatin   Reformed   Church,    Mount 
Ross,  New  York. 


UNKNOWN    MAKERS. 

182.  BEAKER.     H.  6%  inches. 

Inscription:  Spreeck  •  Wat  •  Waer  •  is  •  Eet 
'  Wat  •  Gaer  •  is  •  Drinck  •  Wat  • 
Klaer  •  is  •  I  1708. 

Lent  by  the  Long  Island  Historical  Society, 
Brooklyn,  New  York. 

183.  CUPS  (4).     H.  4>^  inches. 

Lent  by  the  Theological  Seminary,  Princeton,  New 
Jersey. 

184.  TANKARDS  (2).    H.  7%  inches. 

Lent  by  the  Theological  Seminary,  Princeton,  New 
Jersey. 

185.  TANKARD.     H.  io>^  inches. 

Lent  by  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  Qrange, 
New  Jersey. 

186.  PLATE.     D.  9K  inches. 

Lent  by  the  Theological  Seminary,  Princeton,  New 
Jersey. 


90     Addenda  I  ^ttDt0t  Church  Services 

187.     CUP.     H.  2^  inches. 

Lent   by    the   Baptist    Church,    Morristown,   New 
Jersey. 


ADDENDA   II 

The  Work  of 


SIMEON    A.    BAYLEY.     l^ew  York,  i^go  to 
1796. 

188.  STANDING  CUPS   (2).     Oval  bowl;  plain 
stem  and  foot.     H.  9  inches. 

Marks:   a.    BAYLEY,   in    rectangle;   b,   sheaf   of 

wheat. 
Inscription:  None. 

Lent    by    the    Scotch    Presbyterian    Church,    New 

York  City. 

The  Scotch  Presbyterian  Church  quietly  withdrew  from 
the  First  Presbyterian  Church  in  1756  on  account  of  dif- 
ferences of  opinion  concerning  psalmody. 

W.   FORBES.    New  York. 

189.  ALMS    BASINS  (5).     D.  9j^  inches. 
Mark:  W.  FORBES,  in  rectangle. 
Inscription:  a.  The  Gift  of  Alexander  Rob- 
ertson To  The  Scotch  Presbyterian 
Church;  b.  N.Y   1792  (Script). 

Lent  by  the  Scotch  Presbyterian  Church,  New  York 
City. 

91 


92      Addenda  II  ^ttlttfCdtt  Silversmiths 

GALE,     WOOD,    AND     HUGHES.     New 
York. 

190.  FLAGONS  (2).    H.  1254  inches. 

Marks:  a.  GALE,  WOOD  &  HUGHES,  in  rect- 
angle; b.  Eagle  in  oval;  c.  Head  in  oval. 

Lent  by  the  Scotch  Presbyterian  Church,  New  York 
City. 

W.    H.     New  York. 

191.  BEAKER.     H.  5  inches. 
Mark:  WH,  in  rectangle. 
Inscription:  None. 

Lent  by  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  Newark, 

New  Jersey. 

"On  September  xo,  1668  the  town  (Newark)  voted  'to 
build  a  meeting-house  as  soon  as  may  be.'  In  1708  a 
second  edifice  was  erected  on  the  same  spot.  On  June 
7,  1753  during  the  administration  of  Governor  Belcher, 
a  charter  was  obtained  "  from  George  II. 

R.  R. 

192.  BEAKERS   (2).     H.  6  inches. 
Mark:  RR,  in  rectangle. 
Inscription:  None. 

Lent  by  the  First   Presbyterian  Church,   Newark, 
New  Jersey. 

W.    &    H. 

193.  PLATES  (4).     D.  12  inches. 
Mark:  W  &  H 

Inscription:  None. 

Lent    by    the    Scotch    Presbyterian    Church,    New 
York  City. 


Addenda  II  attiettcatT  Silversmiths      93 

194.  STANDING  CUPS  (2).  Deep  bowl  with 
flaring  lip ;  baluster  stem ;  band  of  acanthus  around 
foot.     H.  9  inches. 

Mark :  a,  W  &  H ;  ^.  sterling. 
Inscription:  None. 

Lent  by  the  Scotch  Presbyterian  Church,  New  York 

City. 

JOEL    SAYRE.     New  York,  1778-1818, 

195.  BEAKERS  (7).     H.  5  inches. 
Mark:  I  Sayre,  in  shaped  rectangle. 
Inscription:  None. 

Lent  by  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  Newark, 
New  Jersey. 

W.    THOMSON.     New  York,  18 12-1830, 

196.  STANDING  CUPS  (4).  Deep  bowl  with 
flaring  lip;  baluster  stem;  band  of  shells  around 
foot.     H.  9  inches. 

Mark:  W.  Thomson  (script),  in  rectangle. 

Inscription:  The  Gift  of  James  R.  Smith  Esqr  |  To 
the  South  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  City  of 
New  York  |  24*.^  July  181 2  (script). 

Lent  by  the  Scotch  Presbyterian  Church,  New 
York  City. 

197.  FLAGON.  Cylindrical  moulded  domed  cover 
with  ball  finial ;  mid-band  and  bands  on  lip  and  base 
of  shell  pattern ;  scroll  handle  with  heart-shaped  tip ; 
spout.     H.  14^  inches. 


94      ^^^^«^tf  //  American  Silversmiths 

Mark:  W.  Thomson  (script),  in  rectangle. 
Inscription:  As  above. 

Lent  by  the  Scotch  Presbyterian  Church,  New  York 
City. 

UNKNOWN    MAKERS. 

198.  BOWL.  Moulded  rim;  splayed  foot;  bands  of 
engraved  ornament  on  bowl  and  engraved  lines  on 
foot.     D.  6  inches. 

Mark:  None. 

Inscription:  Deacon  Azariah  Crane,  |  left  this 
"  silver  bowl  "  |  "  to  be  used  in  the  Church  of 
Newark  forever"  [     Died  November  s'^-    I730- 

Lent  by  the   First  Presbyterian   Church,  Newark, 

New  Jersey. 

This  bowl  was  "brought  from  England  in  1630  by  Jas- 
per Crane  in  the  Arabella  to  Connecticut  and  from  there 
in  1667  to  Newark  and  used  in  his  home."  His  son  was 
the  Deacon  Azariah  Crane  of  the  inscription.  The  bowl 
has  been  remodeled. 

199.  BEAKERS  (2).    H.  6  inches. 
Mark:  None. 

Inscription:  None. 

Lent  by  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  Newark, 
New  Jersey. 

200.  STANDING  CUPS  (2).  Deep  bowl  with 
flaring  lip;  baluster  stem;  band  of  shells  around 
foot.     H.  9  inches. 

Mark:  None. 
Inscription:  None. 

Lent  by  the  Scotch  Presbyterian  Church,  New  York 
City. 


Addenda  II  3lmertcan  Silversmiths      95 

201.  PLATE.     D.  12  inches. 
Mark:  None. 
Inscription:  None. 

Lent  by  the  Scotch  Presbyterian  Church,  New  York 
City. 

202.  PLATES  (2).     H.  12  inches. 
Mark:  None. 

Inscription:  None. 

Lent  by  the  Scotch  Presbyterian  Church,  New  York 
City. 


ADDENDA   III 

The  Work  of 

Jremf)  S>tlbersmttj)S 


UNKNOWN    MAKERS. 

Chalice. 
Paten. 
Crucifix. 
Candelabra  (2). 
Candelabra  (2). 
Candlesticks  (2). 
Candlesticks  {2). 
Benitier. 
Ciborium. 
Cruets  with  tray. 

Lent  by  the  Sisters  of  Charity,  Nazareth,  Kentucky. 


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